a failed attempt at face-saving, if i may say
i am fairly well in-the-know about the sniper tender that is ongoing (and has been ongoing for some time); i even have insiders from Pakistan who are liasoning with the Turks. I wont go into details so dont even ask.
the reality is that this company (which i never even heard of; never saw their presence at IDEF or IDEX or IDEAS or any other major defense expos) -- they didnt even make it to trials! There are other American, German, Turkish and Serbian companies that are still part of the trials process.
interesting and very cute publicity stunt...i left a nice message for Desert Tech on their facebook page (i got a good laugh out of that too)
so much for "morality"
these tenders are being paid in full through MoD budget
whoever believes otherwise is sadly mistaken...its not even up for argument