Great little write up here.
I hope you get the word out to those in this ecosystem in BD.
Your last paragraph is key, we need people to take initiative in building reliance/trust in local information system providers.
BD should leverage some resources here as early as possible as this sector...
It was best to make the excuse as difficult as possible...so things could have been seen as clearly as possible.
S-400 gave an easy out for US...and has obfuscated the real matter for many.