We actually buy many things from foreign sources, especially NATO countries. In most cases, we require a U.S. Manufacturing capability, by a U.S. subsidiary operating under license to the foreign source. A few examples of German kit: the Fox NBC vehicle, Unimog engineer vehicle, 120mm cannon for M1 tank.
"We actually buy many things from foreign sources, especially NATO countries. In most cases, we require a U.S. Manufacturing capability, by a U.S. subsidiary operating under license to the foreign source. A few examples of German kit: the Fox NBC vehicle, Unimog engineer vehicle, 120mm cannon for M1 tank."
So, as I understand you, if the Germans were to become more recalcitrant, insolent and insubordinate than usual, we would still have the tooling and the production line [for the 120mm gun, for example] right here in the goood old USA - correct? That's better than the defective ceramic armor - which, from the sound of it, appeared to involve a vendor in Germany.