That assumes rational decision making by politicians. As the great philosopher remarked - "Assumption makes an 'ass' out of you and 'umption'." (View Post)

Reminds me of when BAe sold Heckler&Koch (View Post)

I would doubt the Iranians needed much assistance in that. The location of the radars was well known and fixed. Overwhelming defences by attacking en masse in a short period of time has been a tactic… (View Post)

They didn't manage to answer the question with HIPS - which suggests that they needed to look around to see how other people had solved the issue. (View Post)

The problem with HIPS was that there was no answer to the issue of conflicts of interest and (legal) trust. At that point they were just extra paperwork. The sensible solution would be to look at oth… (View Post)