I think we're closer to "
Apples to Apples" in relation to equipment sales and ammo sales as you've suggested.
A recent example as I submitted is a single item further revision to the
OPLOT-T as compared to the
OPLOT-M. Or
T-90M versus
T-90MS. These are things I have to keep in mind
constantly in dealing with equipment issues.
A more practical one would deal with the
ABRAMS, the last thing we need is to have a country running around with one of our tanks and it would fall into the hands of the enemy opposing that government. We saw this happen in
Iraq when some of those
ABRAMS got into the Iranian backed militias.
I'm sure Iran benefitted from those tanks however, but they didn't get our DU Armor tech, FCS etc. and they also
didn't get our latest (Or near to.) ammo types either. I f I had to guess they probably got something on the level of mid to late 90's or early 2K tech.
We have enough of those tanks stockpiled to support our needs for modernization or export sales.
So yes "friends to friends" but
not always including ammo.
Regards,
Pat
