[lbo-talk] Arms co. query

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon May 12 05:41:53 PDT 2003


On Mon, 12 May 2003, Chris Doss wrote:


> Anybody out there know if the US has laws limiting foreign ownership of
> arms companies?

We have both laws and customs and they are very strictly enforced. Forget arms companies. We won't even let foreigners buy a small electronics or software company if we think it will allow someone to improve their weapons too much.


> Could, hypothetically, the bin Laden family buy out Lockheed Martin?

Nope.

Michael



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