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Old 6th Sep 2004, 10:04
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ORAC
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Why do people tend to forget that most european (fighter, transport aircraft) military contracts go to EADS ?

Belgium: F16 & C-130.
Denmark: F-16 & C-130.
Greece: F-4, A-7, F-16, C-130.
Turkey: F-4, F-16, C-130, KC-135.
Spain: F-18, C-130, B-707.
Norway: F-16, C-130.
UK: C-130, C-17.

I could go on. Apart from France, European armed forces have, and continue, to buy a large percentage of their aircraft from the USA. (JSF, C-130H, C-17 etc). Apart from the B-57, there has always been a signal lack of interest in anything going the other way and with rabid tirades from the Congress whenever it is suggested.
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