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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Kfir (Was: Re: F-19 vs. F-117)
Message-ID: <1990Aug5.042708.28913@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 5 Aug 90 04:27:08 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

In article <1990Jul31.223807.6906@cbnews.att.com>, terryy%sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Terry Yeung) writes:
> The Israelis did have a lot of success with this aircraft.  Wasn't this
> aircraft up for sale to other countries?

They never sold very many because of U.S. restrictions.  The Kfir has a
U.S.-made engine, and maybe some avionics, thus bringing it under the
purview of American export controls.  The only folks who could buy the
plane were countries the American government was willing to let have
high-performance planes -- and then there was pressure on them to buy
American-made planes instead.