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NoCan they without USA permission?
If said systems/platforms are ITAR controlled and/or supplied under FMS they will require US permission to transfer. Failure to do this will anger the US Govt which then puts said countries at risk of not getting US supplied items in the future.They can without permission -- they just won't get American support in terms of spare parts and tech support. However, they've said they're "willing", not "doing", and that's a big distinction.
Or acronym...International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)...ITAR...most definitely a four-letter word!
The Australian Army M1A1s, with the same AGT1500 as other Abrams, operate with Diesel with no problems.Yes it is, but I do not know what performance or Maintenance issues other fuels cause.
If said systems/platforms are ITAR controlled and/or supplied under FMS they will require US permission to transfer. Failure to do this will anger the US Govt which then puts said countries at risk of not getting US supplied items in the future.
My point was more on the realism/practicality of.
Yep - I think this is a really important point - the societal 'compliance' with the Kremlin's seriously warped world-view is a long-term challenge to the West (and aligned states)While Russian deficiencies have been put on display in this war, ignoring Russian intentions would not be smart money, in my view. They won't come attacking NATO, but just the fact that they thought this invasion acceptable marks them as a threat even if we can defeat them. Deterrence matters.
I thought is was to keep those unruly Quebecois in line?Canada could decommission its entire armour corps of eighty-odd Leopards plus approx twenty Leopard 2 based ARV/AEVs and send the lot to Ukraine and not be at any greater risk. I imagine the penny pinchers at the DND are thinking of this right now. I think our days of rolling around the Islamic world to counter or support whatever sand-wrought despot, mullah, etc. is in power are over. Might as well put the tanks to their intended use, deterring and if necessary killing Russians, which is the primary reason we have a postwar Canadian Armed Forces at all.