Hi Andy
>Found some interesting reading on foreign military aide, ever wonder where
>the really nice trucks at the DRMO end up at? I sure do wish that they
>would try to sell them to us instead of just giving them away in most cases.
>Check out the link and poke around in there, sure makes you wonder...
Great informational site. One thing I did notice is that the countries
we gave the most stuff away to for free also spent a LOT of money on
other things. I suspect our governement, like any good business, throws
in "this or that" to sweaten deals. Remember folks, we might be the
largest exporter of arms in the world (pretty sure we topped Russia a
long time ago), but there is a lot of competition out there (namely
Russia!). But boy... there sure are a lot of nice things going to our
allies. I'd take one of those Bahrain M60s with the plow for nothing if
it were offered to me ;-)
Cripes, look at the link to "Foreign Military Sales" and see all those
"M" and "B" s after the numbers in the price column. As they say up here
in Maine, "that is some 'mount of money!" :-)
Steve
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