United Arab Emirates threatens to pull out of $23 Billion F-35, Drone Deal with U.S.

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Excerpt from today's Wall Street Journal:
The Emirati government told U.S. officials that it intended to halt the deal because Abu Dhabi thought security requirements the U.S. had laid out to safeguard the high-tech weaponry from Chinese espionage were too onerous, and the country’s national sovereignty was in jeopardy.

 

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What is so hard? What does we trying to protect our weapon systems tech from
our enemys got to do with their sovereignty ?

 

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U.S. says it is ready to move forward with fighter jet sale to UAE

The United States said on Wednesday it was ready to move forward with the sale of F-35 fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates after Abu Dhabi told Washington it would suspend talks on the $23-billion deal that also includes munitions.

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