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Military Aviation => Military Aircraft => Topic started by: Greekpilot on November 17, 2005, 09:37:41 AM

Title: Saudi Arabian Erieye?
Post by: Greekpilot on November 17, 2005, 09:37:41 AM
Quoting from wikipedia.com

"Swedish media report that systems have been sold to Brazil and Greece. Saudi Arabia is as of autumn 2005 showing interest. Swedish peace organisations, notably Svenska Freds has protested against the military negotiations with Saudi Arabia."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erieye

And from Svenska Freds (in Swedish):

http://www.svenska-freds.se/press/20051114.shtml

Viggen, can you translate it for us?

Seems Ericsson has achieved great sales: Brazil, Greece (may excercise the option for 2 additional systems), Mexico, Pakistan. Now that there is an alternative source (Sweden), most countries decide for non-US weapons.
But I think the Swedish government has loosened a bit more the arms sales policy...