Well, I suppose Bofors is the only company in the world that have been suspected for bribes (they were never found guilty AFAIK). But despite that scandal, India still wants to buy the new Bofors howitzer – the Archer. Why? Cause it´s the best solution for them…
(BTW, Australia is also considering Archer. But they will probably rename it to Doobidoo or something and members here will think its a true australian product. I don´t care. As long as australia gets the best equipment and the money goes to sweden)
International arms sales are a sewer and full of kick backs and bribes, however I don’t see the British, American, French, German etc. members making some claim to sit on a moral high horse on the issue. Sweden plays the arms export game like other countries and uses the same tricks and incentives to sweeten customers. If you are going to try and claim that Sweden exists on a higher moral plain then don’t whinge when you get called on it.
And unfortunately for Sweden, as others here have pointed out, more and more of the profits of Swedish arms sales are going elsewhere, to Germany and the UK to name just two countries that have bought into Swdedish industry in a major way.
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