Worse, those probes reportedly represent but a small fraction of the more than 1, 000 German businesses suspected of illegally providing Third World countries with advanced weapons and dual-use technologies (namely, those with both civilianandmilitaryapplications).
What is more, in addition to its direct returns, NASP also will provide technological spin-offs of virtually incalculable value to other civilianandmilitaryapplications.
Moreover, technology transfers of both Western products and know-how for ostensibly civilian purposes invariably have applications for the military sector.