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Old 06-16-2005, 16:24 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bigross86
And as for selling stuff to the PRC, the Phalcon deal was cancelled after one plane, and I believe the Harpy stuff is only upgrades of whatever reason they gave. It's just Israel's testing the US. Not too smart, but everybody does it, which I believe legitimizes it, according to Troung, no?
When the technology comes from the US and development is funded by the US taxpayer, we don't consider it legitimate to sell to a potential enemy.

Phalcon
Harpy
Lavi
Fighter radars (ELM-2021)
Python-3 AAM
Thermal sights for tanks
Satellites and communication technology
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For years, the US government has expressed concerns over Israel illegally transferring technology to China. During the Gulf War, the US gave Israel Patriot missiles as protection against Iraqi Scud missiles. In 1992, a US intelligence report revealed that soon after the end of the Gulf War, Israel had sold Patriot anti-missile data to China. Israel denied the intelligence report.

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FL21Ak01.html
Israel is biting the hand, imo.
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