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2007-10-19 Europe

Sale of Dutch air defence system parts to Israel "will go through"

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-19 09:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Congratulations to the Dutch government for actually doing the right thing.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-19 10:31|| 2007-10-19 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 The leftist parties argued the Netherlands violated its earlier position not to sell any arms to parties in conflict areas, including Israel.

Because when there is conflict all sides are equally to blame. Though usually it is safer to blame the Jews, the Americans or the British against any romantic barbarians at hand.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-10-19 10:44|| 2007-10-19 10:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The HAWK (Homing All-the-Way Killer) might be a little old, but it will still knock down anything flying in the Middle East that doesn't carry the latest US ECM.
In a previous life, I participated in a live fire exercise / ECM test against an IHAWK (Improved HAWK) battery. To prepare for the test, we watched TWO HOURS of cockpit camera footage from previous tests. Every test ended the same way, the last thing you saw before the screen went black was a big circle with 4 fins sticking out. The HAWK really doesn't need a warhead, it is good for kinetic kills.

Posted by RWV 2007-10-19 15:23|| 2007-10-19 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 The Greens (GL), the Socialists Party (SP) and Labour (PVDA) are part of the Muslim Marxist brotherhood.

Posted by Slats Clarong8110 2007-10-19 16:22|| 2007-10-19 16:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Every test ended the same way, the last thing you saw before the screen went black was a big circle with 4 fins sticking out. The HAWK really doesn't need a warhead, it is good for kinetic kills.

Me like.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-19 20:55|| 2007-10-19 20:55|| Front Page Top

#6 The leftist parties argued the Netherlands violated its earlier position not to sell any arms to parties in conflict areas, including Israel.

Ironic. Rotterdam is home to one of the largest arms black-markets in the world; Iran is (or was) one of its frequent customers.

Posted by Pappy 2007-10-19 21:11|| 2007-10-19 21:11|| Front Page Top

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