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Old 8th Dec 2012, 07:20
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Squirrel 41
 
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well seeing our price and canada hasn't changed, what price were they using? hopefully not what the usa low bid to get the contract was, no one with any sense uses that, it's just the way usa procurement works.
I think all this shows is that you've no idea how US procurement works. I'm sure that GK121 and others from the US will be able to tell you, but IIRC it is US Federal Law that the US cannot sell* military equipment abroad for less than the cost of the same equipment to the US forces.

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*MDAP is obviously different, but I always had understood that the aid element reduced the price paid by the consumer, not the sticker price.
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