There’s little new in this piece at the Economist to people who have been following the issue. Well, there is one thing: some signs that the people who have been destroying the industry with this foolish policy may be starting to pay attention.
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The ITAR training class I once took was taught by a knowledgable instructor who had a lot of experience obtaining export licenses. One of the examples he gave us was how his firm got an export license to sell a new and sophisticated airborne radar system to the Pakistani military.
It was all quite legal, but why would we want to sell hardware like that to Pakistan? It seems quite likely that it, or plans for it, might end up in the hands of the Chinese, the Russians, or any number of other bidders. Assuming the whole country, complete with the radar, doesn’t some day end up in the hands an overtly islamic government.
The ITAR training class I once took was taught by a knowledgable instructor who had a lot of experience obtaining export licenses. One of the examples he gave us was how his firm got an export license to sell a new and sophisticated airborne radar system to the Pakistani military.
It was all quite legal, but why would we want to sell hardware like that to Pakistan? It seems quite likely that it, or plans for it, might end up in the hands of the Chinese, the Russians, or any number of other bidders. Assuming the whole country, complete with the radar, doesn’t some day end up in the hands an overtly islamic government.