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0 pointsathenot8y ago0 comments

We're just more clever at subsidizing Boeing in ways that don't look like a subsidy.

For example, the Air Force bid that was about to be won by Airbus got re-spec'd in order to match the requirements with what Boeing happened to provide (number of engines, iirc).

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vanattab8y ago

I believe athenot is referring to the KC-X program in which Airbus definitely got screwed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X

noir_lord8y ago

250m a copy, it'll never fly, I'll take 300.

TBH it's not that clever, it's just that the US can use it's out-sized economic might to force smaller countries to accept it.

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