German halt in arms sales to Saudi Arabia causing serious problems - Airbus

[Kailash Kumar]

German halt in arms sales to Saudi Arabia causing serious problems - Airbus

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany’s halt in exports to Saudi Arabia is preventing Britain from completing the sale of 48 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Riyadh, and has delayed potential sales of other weapons such as the A400M military transport, a top Airbus official said Friday.

Germany in November said it would reject future export licences to Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It has not formally banned previously approved deals, which would entitle companies to compensation, but has urged industry to refrain from such shipments for now.

Airbus Defence and Space chief Dirk Hoke told Reuters the resulting uncertainty had undermined Germany’s credibility, and could threaten promising future Franco-German defence projects, including a planned Eurodrone that was heading for an initial contract by the end of the year.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-a...erious-problems-airbus-idUKKCN1Q41VO?rpc=401&

 

[Tshering22]

Germany has weird export laws.

They have a knack of ruining their own industry and giving way to competitors.

 

[nahtanbob]

Germany has weird export laws.

They have a knack of ruining their own industry and giving way to competitors.

it is a good reason not to buy Eurofighter Typhoon, Airbus helicopters

 

[Ali_Baba]

This is why we MUST NOT have any European involvement in any of our defense development programmes. Which ever way, you look at it, it is a bad idea.

Hopefully, we can now start to turn our backs on the countries of the EU on our strategic and national programmes.

Tempest must be a NON EU programme for it to succeed. We must not have any French or German involvement in this programme.