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| Germany to sell arms to Japan? |
| 2007-04-24 |
| Germany has reason to believe it is about to finalize a billion-dollar deal with Japan on military equipment. German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, during his Asia trip last week, met with Japanese Denfens Minister Fumio Kyuma. While Jung had initially said he was not willing to use his trip for arms deals, German news magazine Der Spiegel said Monday he had led experts' talks involving Kyuma to find "a common relationship." Japanese military officials will visit Germany and examine Bundeswehr military equipment, such as the Eurofighter jet, choppers and submarines, the news magazine said. While a Eurofighter order is unlikely due to Japan's close ties with the United States, Tokyo is interested in transport and training helicopters, as well as a new German fuel cell engine for submarines and German technology to detect sea mines, the magazine said. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 The technology is going to leak anyway. Let's sell 96 to them, it'll bring our cost down and scare hell outa China. Australia needs a wing too, New Zealand needs an autographed picture and maybe a flyover. We may have to eventually just give Canada 48, then double our order. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-24 17:24 |
| #4 ...The comment about the Japanese looking at the Eurofighter is kind of interesting, especially as they are dropping hints about how badly they want the F-22. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-24 10:08 |
| #3 Axis of |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-04-24 07:57 |
| #2 Advanced U-boat technology transfer, now where have I heard that before? |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-04-24 07:40 |
| #1 That would be cool, and might even mean that the Euros will stop agitating to sell arms to China, since any Japanese purchases would probably be conditional on the continuation of the arms embargo. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-04-24 00:09 |