The Other Deal: Lockheed Martin wanted to sell F-16 fighter jets to the Thai government
The Problem: Lockheed Martin was competing with Russia's Sukhoi and Sweden's Saab. Also the Thai government didn't want to pay in cash, so it proposed paying with 80,000 tons of frozen chickens.
The Role of U.S. Diplomats: They actually worked to promote the odd-ball deal since it A) helped Lockheed and B) kept the Russians from winning the deal. Incredibly, Lockheed indicated that it was "was willing to play ball" and accept chickens as payment. Nevertheless, the chickens-for-jets plan never panned out because the Thai regime was ousted in a military coup.
Libyan army forces unload supplies from a Chinook helicopter at a border crossing station in western Libya March 1, 2011. Libya could descend into civil war if Muammar Gaddafi refuses to quit, the United States said on Tuesday, its demand for his departure carrying fresh weight after news of Western military preparations.
Didnt know libya uses chinook
Taming sari is laser guided tank shell right ? i cant see it as a missile as there are no fins to control it around ?
Yeah, thanks for pointing out, now i can see the 2 black fins... Could be interesting to see the taming sari put on the sukhoi and targeted by special forces on the ground.
the rebel do more propaganda than gaddafi , wasting manpads firing at nothing, aiming@"shooting" MG to the air with no ammo, staging attack pictures, using manpads like an rpg, etc2... It seems to me that the true reason this rebellion is that some libyan just bored to see his face for so long rather than development issues.
Military Thread V6, Selamat Hari Raya dan Kemerdekaan ke-54 
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