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  1. 21st December 2011, 17:25 #1
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    Is Germany selling Patriot missiles to China?

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    HELSINKI - Finnish police are investigating a ship for carrying missiles and explosive materials without permission while stopping in Finland en route from Germany to China.

    Authorities searched cargo ship Thor Liberty in Kotka, southern Finland, and found 69 Patriot missiles with explosives and 150 tonnes of explosive material called nitroguanidine, the National Bureau of Investigation said.

    The ship was sailing under an Isle of Man flag and had stopped to load cables on board. Finnish media earlier said the ship was also scheduled to stop in South Korea, but police did not confirm that.

    A Finnish safety official said the boat had initially been stopped because the nitroguanidine did not appear to be stowed properly.

    The ship's owner, Thorco Shipping, was not immediately available for comment.
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    New year's eve is soon, and they were marked as fireworks in the shipping papers...
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    Patriot missiles? Didn't know they were German
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    Quote Originally Posted by donKey jote
    Patriot missiles? Didn't know they were German
    It could be how we're paying the interest on all those bonds the Chinese have bought from us. Hey, if you don't have cash, you have to barter.
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  5. 21st December 2011, 18:35 #5
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    Not quite sure why China would want "our" missiles anyway... it's not like they don't already have any
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    Patriots don't work anyway. Unless things have changed since the Gulf War.
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  7. 21st December 2011, 19:19 #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by donKey jote
    Patriot missiles? Didn't know they were German
    How could they be called Patriots and be anything other than AMERICAN? No other country has the RIGHT to give its missiles such a name.
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  8. 21st December 2011, 19:27 #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by donKey jote
    Patriot missiles? Didn't know they were German
    They aren't, but Luftwaffe has them:

    MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I my self have bought some German Bundeswehr surplus too, like boots and Goretex rain gear. Never seen any missiles on sale though.
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  9. 21st December 2011, 19:33 #9
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    Maybe it is a really big version of Fast and Furious.
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    Raytheon Begins SAM-X/Patriot Missile Work in South Korea

    Wild ass guess, Germany is selling second hand missles to SK to bolster their stash in light of the recent change in leadership. Noone knows where the son stands in NK.
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