France has decided to remove an American component from the SCALP cruise missile so that it can proceed with a new sale of Rafale fighters to Egypt.
By Corrado Baldassi [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
The follow-on sale has been delayed as Washington is refusing to grant export of the weapon.
French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly told the Committee for National Defense and Armed Forces says manufacturer MBDA is now researching on replacing the part with its own.