Originally Posted by
Royalistflyer
And of course the Americans would never dream of cutting off spare parts to a customer who didn't toe their line. No, perish the thought.
There appears to be some confusion. There's zero doubt that Russia, the US, the UK, France, Germany, China, and basically any nation that exports military gear could and likely would withdraw support of those weapons under certain political conditions. The REAL question is whether those "conditions" are more likely to arise for the Finns from the Americans, the Europeans, or the Russians. The answer is obvious.
And this ignores the difficulty Russian industry has in providing through life support to their own armed forces in the first place. Never mind to export customers.