"I guess the UK NAO might shed some light, but I’ve never found the NAO very balanced - too busy trying to find some issue, blow it out if proportion and big themselves up as having found something and provided direction and hence saved the day. As a result they often fail to comment on positives or see the bigger picture. "
Care to list some positives from recent UK military procurement?
They are the National AUDIT Office - it's their job to find out what is over budget, where the money is short and where illogical optimism rules - and heaven knows they're not short of examples............