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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2016, 20:38
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

There's a number of answers to that, but I think...

There's a number of answers to that, but I think that the best one is: that's hardly a problem unique to aeroplanes.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2016, 16:01
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

As to flexibility, I'm not proposing that designs...

As to flexibility, I'm not proposing that designs should attempt to be a solution to all problems simulateously. Instead, I'm proposing that over-specialisation should be avoided because it provokes...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2016, 13:45
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

Changes in the requirement: well, yes. They...

Changes in the requirement: well, yes. They should stop doing that, it's really expensive if you start messing a contractor around after they've started work on something. This applies to everything...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2016, 23:27
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

My intention is not particularly to point the...

My intention is not particularly to point the finger at BAE. In order for these things to happen, someone had to order it, design it, and build it, and someone had to pay for it.

My understanding...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2016, 13:25
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

I was thinking of the things I mentioned above....

I was thinking of the things I mentioned above. The carriers, MRA4, Type 45, Astute class submarines, all beset by gigantic problems, years late, so overbudget that I barely know how how to describe...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2016, 12:33
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

And yet getting BAE to build everything continues...

And yet getting BAE to build everything continues to be seen as lower risk, despite endless, brain-numbingly expensive lessons to the exact contrary.

Again, I say: it's either deliberate...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2016, 01:35
Replies: 64
Views: 15,277
Posted By Phil_R

Not to be too literalist, but it occurs that we...

Not to be too literalist, but it occurs that we buy military hardware from where we do because the object is not to actually acquire appropriate military hardware at a competitive price, but to...
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