That doesn't mean none of it is metric it just means if a supplier refuses to provide a metric product there is no provision for a foreign customer to request it to be. But like any other product made, you can always go to the competition if you don't like the way the American one is made.
In the same token, if the US wants to buy foreign military equipment they have to take it like it is too. But from what I understand all or most of American military equipment today is metric. I believe metric is the standard for NATO. Superior military technology requires the use of superior metric measurement standards. Jerry ________________________________ From: Pat Naughtin <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:54:40 PM Subject: [USMA:44546] Military metric Dear All, I found this on the web. All the military equipment made in America and sold overseas makes no concessions to metric measures. Is this the truth? Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
