Larry Dickerson Quotations

Those countries buying U.S.-built fighters usually arm them with U.S.-built weapons, although there are exceptions, MBDA is aiming to have its air-to-air missiles integrated with the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which is being developed by the United States, to lessen this advantage.

Raytheon has a big advantage in that the U.S. is a leading provider of combat aircraft to the world.

You?re also seeing more cooperation at the high-end between countries.

The vast majority of Chinese air-to-air missile sales are to its own government, and those that are exported have little effect on the overall market. Japan is forbidden to export weapons and Taiwan has yet to sell an air-to-air missile to a foreign customer.

If you don?t fly them all the time, what?s the point of having them?