Originally Posted by
dagenham
Genuine question - why does Australia have so many issues with procurement what do we have so far seasprite, tiger, the 90 and the subs ?
i know the Uk with nimrod x2 and the current tank fiasco is no better so not throwing stones
Not to make this a pissing match of who is better or worse, the UK record is bad as well (Ajax, Challenger, warrior upgrades, SA-80, astute, dreadnought, QE class). I see the same issues with both countries, for australia there 2 major and 1 minor issue. The major issue the desire to australianise everything, I do think we have seen the light on that and it appears that we are just buying off the shelf with minor changes, secondly the desire to make everything made / assembled in australia damn the cost. We appear to be moving to a more selected and targetted program, maybe more forced than chose that action as a lot of the new stuff is american and they dont play that game. The last and minor we have a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget