Another SAM
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From: Germany
Definitely not true.
The German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement has days ago already stated that they were exporting those patriots.
As I´ve stated earlier, the question was why they were declared as fireworks, but not wether or not it was a legal export.
Thomas
The German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement has days ago already stated that they were exporting those patriots.
As I´ve stated earlier, the question was why they were declared as fireworks, but not wether or not it was a legal export.
Thomas
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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You can go.....but. 
Finland: Missile Ship Free to Depart Port
HELSINKI - Finland has removed a cargo of 69 Patriot missiles found aboard a merchant ship that docked in the country and allowed the vessel to leave, transport safety officials said Dec. 26. Thor Liberty was detained Dec. 15 in Kotka, southeast Finland, and was later found to be carrying 150 tons of explosive material, as well as the surface-to-air Patriot missiles and missile propellant charges.
"A Trafi check on 26.12.2011 has revealed that the improperly loaded explosive material has been offloaded from the vessel, with the exception of two properly loaded containers, and the detention order has been lifted," the Finnish Transport Safety Authority Trafi said in a statement.
However Trafi noted that the ship was still unable to continue on its journey because Finnish customs had placed the Ukrainian captain and first mate under a travel ban pending an investigation into the missiles.
Trafi added that customs had also impounded the explosives still on board the ship in two containers..............
Finland: Missile Ship Free to Depart Port
HELSINKI - Finland has removed a cargo of 69 Patriot missiles found aboard a merchant ship that docked in the country and allowed the vessel to leave, transport safety officials said Dec. 26. Thor Liberty was detained Dec. 15 in Kotka, southeast Finland, and was later found to be carrying 150 tons of explosive material, as well as the surface-to-air Patriot missiles and missile propellant charges.
"A Trafi check on 26.12.2011 has revealed that the improperly loaded explosive material has been offloaded from the vessel, with the exception of two properly loaded containers, and the detention order has been lifted," the Finnish Transport Safety Authority Trafi said in a statement.
However Trafi noted that the ship was still unable to continue on its journey because Finnish customs had placed the Ukrainian captain and first mate under a travel ban pending an investigation into the missiles.
Trafi added that customs had also impounded the explosives still on board the ship in two containers..............
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From: Torquay, England
Hmmm So what is Finland doing with these missiles. Would the US ever offer these missiles to that country and are they now in a secure location away from prying eyes where not even local scientists can check they are 'safe'?
Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Oh what a tangled web we weave.
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From: The Chemistry Lab
two weeks later and the ship is now entering the Kiel Canal after visiting Rendsberg. I wonder if the missiles are still on board....
A photo on a Finnish news site shows why she was stopped - the chemical was spilling out of the boxes. Not nice.
Container loading of Thor Liberty's explosives resumes | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi
A photo on a Finnish news site shows why she was stopped - the chemical was spilling out of the boxes. Not nice.
Container loading of Thor Liberty's explosives resumes | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi
