[Mr.Clark]

They didn't have a problem selling subs to Israel, is that not a war danger region? To scared to annoy the Red Chinese I bet.

[fiftymegaton]

Cant sell to a war-danger country?? IT IS A FREAKING SUBMARINE!!!(a warship)

[BrooklynGOP]

HDW chairman says that "it is impossible" to sell 209-type submarine to Taiwan as German laws do not allow any sale of military equipment to war-danger countries or regions, Taiwan belongs to such a region.

That makes little sense. Why would a country that is not in a "war-danger" need to buy military equipment?

[F-117A]

Germany didn't have any trouble selling arms to Croatia.

[LenS]

Tell that to his workers when he tries to lay them off instead of making these subs. The subs will be built.

The Israelis subs were sort of a guilt payment after the Scud attacks by the Germans over German companies that had helped Saddam in his WMD programs. Germany converted it's normal reparation payments to Israel into the first two subs (Israel paid for the third sub) -- Israel got what it needed more than cash and Germany kept shipbuilders working.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

HDW chairman says that "it is impossible" to sell 209-type submarine to Taiwan as German laws do not allow any sale of military equipment to war-danger countries or regions, Taiwan belongs to such a region.

Well that doesn't square with all those Bio-agent cooking vats they were/are selling to Saddam Hussein now does it?

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Maybe they can outsourse the work to the U.S.A..

[Dan from Michigan]

I don't like it, but it is a German company and they have to follow their policies.

That said, WHY in the blue hell is a German company building AMERICAN subs???

[brat]

The WTO and FREE TRADE are a tool of extortion. First it was Denmark and France, who make our subs. Now its Germany too? This is the greatest threat to nat'l security than any mad Islamic.