p2prada
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Yes, and it is not a weapons system. It is a SAR aircraft.They are selling U2 military flying boats to India.
I am talking about selling weapons. Each country has a different perception on what it will sell and what it won't.
The Americans sell offensive weapons platforms, but they make you sign a clause saying you won't use it on foreign soil in an offensive mission, like the USS Trenton. The Israelis make no distinction, while Germans won't sell you weapons at all. I mean the Germans will sell you engines or tracks for a tank, but they won't sell the guns or the shells. As of last year, the Japanese did not sell anything linked to the military.
They made the US-2 deal an exception through loopholes. The same cannot be done for a purely offensive weapons system like the Soryu without actual changes in their export regulations. And it is yet to be seen if they will provide complete freedom in using the weapons like the Israelis do or bring in regulations like the US. If they do what the Germans do then a country like India will have no chance of buying Soryu while Australia will. The Germans don't sell weapons to a country that has a chance of going to war.