American Weapons Can Now Be Found Everywhere In The World

ISIS firing from a captured US Humvee.

Business Insider/The American Security Initiative Foundation: The world is awash in American weapons, but what good has it done?

In 1984, tensions were ratcheted up in the Middle East as Iranian F-4 jets flew into Saudi airspace.

Alarmed over this encroachment by its regional antagonist, Saudi Arabia deployed F-15s and two of Iran’s planes were shot down.

Fortunately, the incident never erupted into a war, and today it’s been all but forgotten.

But what remains remarkable is the origin of the weapons involved: the Saudi F-15s, the Iranian F-4s—even the air-to-air missiles that were fired—all manufactured by the United States.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. reputation for producing a great product .... and marketing it globally .... is well deserved. And while the focus is on American consumer products .... U.S. weapon systems have also succeeded in penetrating world markets.