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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] AFAIK, the problem with Roland was that it *couldn't* be sold to two-bit governments and assorted counterinsurgents, due to the excessive price. Even NATO countries found it too expensive. The Franco-German consortium had placed its bets on the US buying the system, as US Army theater air defense by then had a long tradition of being in shambles, and their Sergeant York fiasco had eroded faith in domestic products. US Army wasn't interested, though, so the price went skyrocketing while the missiles did not. (Today, there are eleven operators, mostly in Europe. The Roland project has been merged with Thompson-CSF's more successful Crotale, so that Crotale NG and Roland 3 use the same missile. The Iraqi find did not feature this modern version, though, AFAIK.) Iraq of the late eighties would probably have been a good second option for the Roland. Iraq of the nineties would not, since you need a rich buyer for these kinds of weapon systems - you get him hooked on the product, then you sell maintenance, spares and reloads. For poor and desperate folks, you dump something from the lower price range, in a single package. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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