Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
Logically this makes no sense to me following the ground-breaking decision to allow Germany to re-export Swiss Gepard ammunition. Does anyone know if any reasoning behind this has appeared anywhere ?
Politics follows its own logic. The answer probably lies in the internal disagreements over policy within Switzerland.
Nutty, as regards the (possibly hyperbolic) nuke threat: your government can of course request a few port visits from the USN (Aegis-equipped destroyers and cruisers). Their presence might help mitigate the ballistic missile concern.
I get the idea that Patriot assets might need a more aggressive pol/mil deal to be cut...but I am so far out of the loop on stuff like that these days that I can only guess.
There may already be a deal being cut behind closed doors.