On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 22:09:23 +0000, "Paul J. Adam" wrote:

In message , Alan Minyard
writes
Selling the most advanced aircraft that you are capable of building
to obviously hostile, repressive regimes is not the act of a "friend"

Al, you do realise that France is not part of the Eurofighter consortium
and so is only interested in selling Rafale? (Which story hasn't
appeared... yet).

Now me, I'd be more worried about how military technology seems to go to
Israel and then appear in Beijing shortly thereafter, but that's just
me.

I certainly agree with regards to Israel, we need to put a muzzle on that hound.
As for Rafale, it is a non-starter on the international market, but not due to any
qualms on the part of the French. It is simply a poor aircraft.

Al Minyard