Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Re Stormshadow, isn't the political sticking point that it contains US technology and components, and regardless of UK wishes Uncle Sam has veto on the deployment of those?
MBDA had the same issue with Scalp-EG where the US blocked a sale to Egypt (presumably in case they fired them off at Israel). MBDA had to source replacement items to get rid of the ITAR restrictions which included a technology acquisition activity.
Last edited by Flap Track 6; 15th September 2024 at 06:55.