Tehran’s Tomcats
Back in the 1970s when the Shah was on his throne and Iran was our friend, the U.S. sold Iran a fleet of F-14 Tomcat fighter jets. Iran is still flying them and needs parts. In fact, F-14 parts were…
Category Arms Export
Daewoo Head Indicted for Illegal Exports
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt receiving visiting President of Daewoo International Corporation Mr Lee Tae Yong and party at the Myanmar Ministry of Defence According to a news item in today’s Korea Times, Lee Tae Yong, the President of Daewoo International, was…
Motorola Resolves Export Question by Blaming Its Advertising Department
Last month I wrote about the Motorola i580, which Motorola advertises as being built to 810F military specifications. That led me to post this smart-alecky query: if the i580 is built to milspec can I take it with me on…
AIA Announces Another Foray into Export Reform
At the Strategic Security Blog, run by the Federation of American Scientists, Matt Schroeder reports today on a briefing given last week at a Washington think tank by Mark Esper of the Aerospace Industries Association. Esper announced “Phase II” of…
Amnesty Releases Report on Global Arms Industry: Try It, You’ll Like It.
If I said that the U.S. defense export community might actually applaud a report from Amnesty International, you would probably say that I need a vacation. I do, in fact, need a vacation, but that is not why I’m saying…