Mystery Of UAE Plane Held In Calcutta With Arms Bound For China -- Times Online
India is struggling to unravel the mystery surrounding a United Arab Emirates Air Force aircraft detained in Calcutta since Sunday for carrying undeclared weapons — including at least one missile — bound for China.
The discovery has raised eyebrows, as the UAE buys most of its weapons from the United States and European Union, which impose strict controls on arms transfers to China.
The most controversial theory is that the weapons include high-tech equipment that China would like to examine or copy.
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My Comment: This is no big mystery ..... and there is no question or doubt in my mind .... the UAE has just been caught transferring Western weapon's technology to China in contravention of numerous military agreements with Europe and the U.S.
The assumption must now be made that everything that has been sold to the UAE has been given to the Chinese.
The repercussions and consequences for this glaring violation are obvious .... I expect the next few weeks and months to get heated when military suppliers to the UAE are not forth coming in deliveries and when Western diplomats start demanding answers.