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| Iran inks $16b deal with Boeing for 80 planes | |
| 2016-12-12 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Iran says it has finalized a $16.8 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes, a deal made possible by last year’s landmark nuclear agreement. The state-run IRNA news agency says 50 Boeing 737s and 30 Boeing 777s will be delivered over the next decade, in the biggest agreement to be struck with an American company since the 1979 revolution and US Embassy takeover. Boeing has no immediate comment.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Boeing builds good aircraft. If we've normalized commercial relations with Iran (regardless of whether we should have), this doesn't seem like an unreasonable deal. While they COULD be used as military air transport, so could any number of cheaper aircraft, so I would think this is a legitimate deal. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-12-12 15:48 |
| #4 It is forgotten that Boeing had the contract signed during the Bush administration in 2005 to build a fence on the US southern border. After spending $1 billion the project ended a failure in 2010. |
| Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 2016-12-12 12:38 |
| #3 Give them our F-35s. That'll fix 'em. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-12-12 10:35 |
| #2 And now you know why Boeing was a fan of Obama and supported the Clinton Foundation. |
| Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 2016-12-12 08:25 |
| #1 If Trump seals off every single military purchase, perhaps he should let Iran give some of their money back to a US company. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-12-12 00:05 |