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Old 18th Aug 2010, 21:25
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ts obvious isn't it, the German one. That is the approach the new CDS says he will take when he is in office.

However, let us look at it more closely.

For every German tank we buy, £6M goes out of the UK economy to Germany and, unless the Germans use some British parts in their tanks, that is the last we ever see of it.
Bollocks

I think you'll find that every country buying such equipment insists on offsets against other parts or products built in country - in many cases in excess, up to 130%, of the purchase price.
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