As Argentine foreign policy, we have decided not to supply systems/
components for Korean jet trainers being sold to Argentina. How does this involve the US ITAR system
ITAR and other restrictions on technology transfer arent only a US thing *
and why would we not now happily continue to supply ejection seats to KAI as normal?
The UK supplies parts for the KAI - As part of that agreement the UK can refuse to agree to supply parts or data to certain nation states - (It was the same for the Grippen).
This was only brought up in response to the comment the sale was cancelled because it would offend the UK
My point was they cant because the UK Gov can block who has access to the UK systems installed
ergo they arent refusing to sell it because UK wont be happy - but because the aircraft comes with UK kit they cannot export to Argentina.
As to why the UK would cease to supply to KAI as normal - this was simply expanding on and humouring the Idea they could just sell it anyway and say sod the UK.
In which case the UK will not supply those parts for those Aircraft (rendering them useless) There will also be actions to ensure parts ostensibly sent to KAI / ROKAF dont find their way onto the argentine fleet.
In otherwords there will be a block on exports to KAI and possibly ROKAF
In short KAI will have shot itself in the foot as UK supplied parts stop being exported, because we cannot trust them.
Furthermore SK is now not trusted globaly with Technology transfers and export rights and thats when the US issue arises.
This can impact commercial systems as well as many are dual purpose.
Hence keeping the UK goverment happy is irrelevant - they cannot sell to argentina without UK agreement.
*Im probably guilty of using ITAR as a catch all term for all technology transfers.
Back in the 90s France blocked a potential sale of the U boats because the radar was French - (They also as I recall went on to sell submarines with the same radar to that customer )