Tuesday December 28, 2004

I've Been Thinking:

In this day and age it is almost impossible to engage in any high level secret activity.
In this day of internet experts and news junkies almost any person in a high level position will be recognized.

Gone are the days when (Israeli Prime Minister) Golda dressed up and secretly went to visit King Hussein of Jordan.

But still, some operations/maneuvers/meetings still require high-level participation and they require secrecy.

For example: India's Minister of Defense just wrapped up a secret visit to Israel with 9 trusted advisers. Joint military maneuvers were arranged for 2005.

Why did this have to happen secretly?
Israel is India's second largest supplier of weapons, after Russia.
India will conclude a deal with Israel for more defense contracts and equipment upgrades especially on their helicopters, the Cheetah and the Russian Topolev.

And Israel gets much more than a juicy defense contract.
It gets first hand inside info on how today's Russian materials stack up against their revised, enhanced and original weapons.

That's worth a lot more than the $2 billion in arms trade India has commissioned.