Arsenal Bird exports require a way to build replacements

A participant likens restrictions on Arsenal Bird exports to the difficulty of nuclear proliferation. Clarke expects interest in cheaper foreign derivatives and sees potential buyers as a source of development funding. The counterargument identifies a missing premise: the scenario creates existing platforms but only gives BAE the ability to manufacture drones. Nobody has yet been granted the ability to build another Arsenal Bird. Reverse engineering, replacement parts, and alternative drone production therefore have to precede any reliable export supply. The disagreement leaves the proposed regional arms competition conditional on solving that industrial problem.