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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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What's wrong with the "security of supply" from Rafael?

1) The base consumption level is lower and if the product becomes
unprofitable
Israel could drop it altogether and opt for AIM-9

2) Israel is in an unstable region of the world in which the disruption of
the Rafael
plant is rather more likely than that of BAE or Raytheon.

3) There are considerable political complications doing defense business
with Israel. It would be unfortunate if your Arab Oil suppliers cut you
off because you bought Israeli weapons for example.

Chile preferred the python (Maybe because of the price).
India also preferred it (One of the reasond probably was not trusting
the American "security of supply").

More probably because India was subject to a US arms embargo
at the time as a result of its nuclear weapons program.

Keith