A controversial British deal to supply Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia may have hit an obstacle.
It appears that the Eurofighter - long touted as proof that the UK and its continental partners can make serious combat kit without American help -
actually contains significant amounts of US technology, and that Washington may not permit the Saudi sale.
The revelations come in an article in today's Financial Times. It appears that the British government's application to export American tech on 72 Eurofighters to the desert princes is the subject of some debate both among Capitol Hill politicos and at the...
