Which is unrelated to the thread.
The MOD bought some US gear which carried with it a stipulation that the US had to give permission for that gear to sold onwards.
The MOD agreed to those terms prior to purchasing.
It seems the bellyaching should be aimed elsewhere but it's always easy to blame someone else instead of taking responsibility for one's actions.
The selling/giving of sensitive US technology unrelated to this deal is a topic for another thread, it would seem to me.
But then, you've done the same, so the 'oh yeah, what about xxx?' could go on for quite a while.