Re: military weapons, was: [OT] Bell Canada - service vs. abuse

On May 22, 2025 at 7:08:57 PM PDT, "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

In <100okul$3oppn$1@dont-email.me> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> writes:
 
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 I think you fail to see the obvious answer. If your country were truly
 to move away from the F-35 then there's no reason to keep them. Just
 sell them to another country that is using the fighters. I'm sure
 there will be many willing buyers.

 

Weapons sales tend to come with a "you can't sell this stuff to anyone else"
clause in the contract. We only want those things going to certain countries.

 
Certainly true, but if Lower Slobovia decides to
transfer some of their US sourced tanks to Freedonia,
what can the US do (within reason...) to stop them?
 
Yes, the US can refuse to sell any more tanks, and
can end replacement parts/repairs, but that's not
going to physically stop the handover today...

Sanctions, visa revocations for its citizens, ban on U.S. travel, tariffs, all
sorts of economic pressure. Usually works just fine when some little country
gets too big for its britches.