AN/ UYK-20X(V) a different aspect:

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Sun Dec 8 17:02:00 2002

> Well, it's certainly a reasonable price to pay if you're the US military
> and you need one of these. What I want to know, and this is perhaps
> ignorance on my part of how this works wrt to these sorts of things,
> exactly what are these boxes doing up for grabs on the free market in
> Dubai? I mean, assuming for a moment that these are systems which could
> be used as spares for gear in service--thereby justifying the quoted
> price--how exactly would they end up NIB in non-US gov't hands to be
> offered for sale?

Probably just a screwup. It happens all the time in military surplus.
These were probably to be shipped back to the US and then surplussed.

Or they fell of the truck. That happens alot, as well.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Sun Dec 08 2002 - 17:02:00 GMT