UAE pulls out of Eurofighter deal...?
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Well, you could ask what the sales pitch was...
Look here foreigner, we've (and when I say we it's a four nation model of efficiency) got this wonder jet that we think you ought to buy. If you look at this glossy sales brochure you can see that it might one day carry more than the Paveway 2 and we might start actually putting an AESA in it at some point.
We would like to refute the notion that something cost so much that it meant chopping handy capabilities like MPA (which is in any case optional for an island nation), and even if it did that something wasn't necessarily Typhoon.
We would also question what in the hell you think you know about aeroplanes and what your Block 60 F-16s and 2000-9s actually bring to the party. We can tell by the fact that you have less than a quarter of our employees and almost as many aircraft that you don't take this seriously at all.
So you just jolly well buy our aeroplane and put down that F-18 pamphlet now, what on earth can a JDAM, Maverick, JSOW, Harpoon, SLAM-ER, maritime mine, 9X capability do for your location anyway?
Look here foreigner, we've (and when I say we it's a four nation model of efficiency) got this wonder jet that we think you ought to buy. If you look at this glossy sales brochure you can see that it might one day carry more than the Paveway 2 and we might start actually putting an AESA in it at some point.
We would like to refute the notion that something cost so much that it meant chopping handy capabilities like MPA (which is in any case optional for an island nation), and even if it did that something wasn't necessarily Typhoon.
We would also question what in the hell you think you know about aeroplanes and what your Block 60 F-16s and 2000-9s actually bring to the party. We can tell by the fact that you have less than a quarter of our employees and almost as many aircraft that you don't take this seriously at all.
So you just jolly well buy our aeroplane and put down that F-18 pamphlet now, what on earth can a JDAM, Maverick, JSOW, Harpoon, SLAM-ER, maritime mine, 9X capability do for your location anyway?
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What a shame that the Baron hadn't stiched them up in a "Carrier" type deal where it would be more expensive to cancel than to buy.....
Oh wait, it's only the MOD who sign their (our) futures away like that.
Oh wait, it's only the MOD who sign their (our) futures away like that.
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Why's it a shame? It can't possibly be a shame that no one's as stupid as us -being the most stupid tidies things up markedly. Imagine if we were half way up the batting order - that would be confusing.
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The effort to sell Typhoon to the UAE began way back in 1995. I know: I was one of the few players intimately involved at the outset. Then, and now, it's all about brinkmanship, large backhanders and personal relationships. Our current Prime Minister is an Eton amateur in all of that. So terribly naïve.
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"Our current Prime Minister is an Eton amateur in all of that. So terribly naïve."
So his advisers are at fault for not pointing this out in strong words
and making sure that the person standing next to him is the right
person.
Be it David Beckham, the CAS or whoever.
So his advisers are at fault for not pointing this out in strong words
and making sure that the person standing next to him is the right
person.
Be it David Beckham, the CAS or whoever.
I was completely unaware that Warton was in Leicestershire (BBC News)
I am surprised that it has taken this long for a Gulf state to effectively tell BAE Sytems to swivel. Their kit is always over-priced, under-performing and years late. A surpise? Not at all .....
Oh well, at least all that diplomacy and time away in the UAE on 'exercises' hasn't been wasted...Oh, wait a minute...
Yeah I understand that is a hard shout.
, Eurofighter Typhoon is a multinational project, Bae having less than 40% of the total work share.
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January / February - Norway or UAE......
Yeah I understand that is a hard shout.
Yeah I understand that is a hard shout.
Before any further Bae comments are posted , Eurofighter Typhoon is a multinational project, Bae having less than 40% of the total work share.
BAe are the marketers in that part of the world and with 40% involvement I would think they have a vested interest. I guess when the girls and grog stopped so did the contract!!!