Rapid Fire 2010-05-06: Cross-Atlantic Acquisitions

• Syria provided Lebanese militants with M-600 missiles – a Syrian version of the Iranian Fateh-110 – over the past year, according to Israeli defense officials.

• In 2009, European firms shelled out $800 million to acquire US defense firms, while US firms only paid $22 million for European defense firms. The Euro to dollar exchange rate underpinning that trend is shifting just a wee bit, however…

• How do you say “Hurt Locker” in Dari and Pashto? ANA’s Sgt. Ajab Han has found 177 IED land mines during his 3 years in Helmand, working alongside British troops. Wonder if he knows how much money he could make in New York.