• Lockheed Martin Tried to Trade F-16s for Frozen Chickens
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[quote=theAtlanticWire] The secretive world of international arms sales just became a little less secret thanks to a special report by Reuters. After an in-depth review of last year's leaked State Department cables, the wire service has uncovered several strange and unsettling dealings between military contractors and foreign governments, with U.S. diplomats obseqiously paving the way. There are a bunch of oddball deals in here, but want to know our two favorites? The deal to give Chad planes to kill pro-democracy demonstrators and the part where Lockheed Martin nearly sold Thailand F-16s in exchange for several boatloads of frozen chickens. Behold. The Deal: Lockheed Martin wanted to sell C-130 military transport planes to Chad The Problem: Chad couldn't afford the planes and lied about what it wanted to use them for (supressing a pro-democracy uprising) The Role of U.S. Diplomats: The U.S. ambassador to Chad knew about Chad's lack of funds and even its intentions to use the planes for ill. Despite that, it promoted the deal: "Our conclusion is that, like it or not, our interests line up in favor of allowing the sale in some form to go forward." The Other Deal: Lockheed Martin wanted to sell F-16 fighter jets to the Thai government The Problem: Lockheed Martin was competing with Russia's Sukhoi and Sweden's Saab. Also the Thai government didn't want to pay in cash, so it proposed paying with 80,000 tons of frozen chickens. The Role of U.S. Diplomats: They actually worked to promote the odd-ball deal since it A) helped Lockheed and B) kept the Russians from winning the deal. Incredibly, Lockheed indicated that it was "was willing to play ball" and accept chickens as payment. Nevertheless, the chickens-for-jets plan never panned out because the Thai regime was ousted in a military coup. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/03/lockheed-martin-frozen-chicken/35628/[/url] AHAHAHAHHAHA I love Thailand. :v:
Wow, you Yanks really hate Russians.
Own a frozen poultry business? Start your own private air force.
Well at least Thailand has chicken.
i actually pay for a lot of things using frozen animals
[QUOTE=Contag;28471915]Wow, you Yanks really hate Russians.[/QUOTE] We don't hate them anymore, we're just competing. Ever since the end of WW2 it's been American Tech vs Russian Tech.
your tax dollars at work [img]http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/iStock_000003827645XSmall1.jpg[/img] please fp, tell me which horrendous crime against humanity i've been indirectly supporting today
hahahhahahaa oh god im dying So, you're a government contractor, somebody attempts to buy your deadly killing machines and assert they will be paying with several thousand tons of chickens. *poker face* "we're willing to play ball"
Sounds like typical Lockheed Martin to me
Shame the chicken deal didn't go through, it could have solved all of the US's economy problems in one go.
[QUOTE=thisispain;28472601]your tax dollars at work [img_thumb]http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/iStock_000003827645XSmall1.jpg[/img_thumb] please fp, tell me which horrendous crime against humanity i've been indirectly supporting today[/QUOTE] Those living in poverty have no use for jets, but that chicken could have kept them fed and satisfied. By refusing them that boon and keeping the military hardware, you might as well be directly using those jets to firebomb their shanties and lean-tos!
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;28474284]Those living in poverty have no use for jets, but that chicken could have kept them fed and satisfied. By refusing them that boon and keeping the military hardware, you might as well be directly using those jets to firebomb their shanties and lean-tos![/QUOTE] Or you could take the fight against hunger literally and strap a couple of chickens onto the jets
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;28474328]Or you could take the fight against hunger literally and strap a couple of chickens onto the jets[/QUOTE] This is the greatest idea ever suggested.
Was it actually boats of chickens or just a futures contract type thing?
that's about 26,666,666.7 chickens assuming that each frozen chicken weighs 3kg. that's alot
[QUOTE=Anteep2;28477169]that's about 26,666,666[B].7[/B] chickens assuming that each frozen chicken weighs 3kg. that's alot[/QUOTE] generally when you say "about" you round it to 3 significant figures
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28477398]generally when you say "about" you round it to 3 significant figures[/QUOTE] well its dependent on the context but yeah
You're all missing out on the most important bit. [quote]The U.S. ambassador to Chad knew about Chad's lack of funds and [B]even its intentions to use the planes for ill.[/B][/quote] [quote]Chad couldn't afford the planes and lied about what it wanted to use them for [B](supressing a pro-democracy uprising)[/B][/quote] Stay classy, US govt.
'chad knew about chad's lack of funds' does anyone find this stupid
[QUOTE=demoguy08;28477451]You're all missing out on the most important bit. Stay classy, US govt.[/QUOTE] Good luck trying to kill people with transport planes
The effectiveness of the weapons isn't the point.
Lockheed still remains to be one of my favorite companies. They're willing barter :buddy:
[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;28471907]This just in: KFC stocks go through the roof as chicken supplies rise tenfolds[/QUOTE] This just in: KFC stocks see huge drop as chucken supplies rise tenfold. l2economy.
[QUOTE=Contag;28471915]Wow, you Yanks really hate Russians.[/QUOTE] I like Russians :frown:
[h2]Lockheed Fried Chicken[/h2] [i]So good.[/i]
And now to equip every Lockheed plane with a chicken gun. [img]http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2003/10/31/dd_myth_3.jpg[/img]
New southern fried F-16's. Flavors include buffalo, terryaki, mild, spicy, original, and more!
This... this is amazing. This really made my day. I can't stop laughing.
[QUOTE=Identity;28478879]New southern fried F-16's. Flavors include buffalo, terryaki, mild, spicy, original, and more![/QUOTE] Fried with jet flames.
Hahahaha, oh boy. This is something you only see in Civilizations. "Behold, we are the ancient egyptians! We'd like to trade your nuclear technology for 1000 arrows"
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