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Old 17th Aug 2022, 14:59
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LaxeyStu
 
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Bias of Lewis Page (ADV remarks)

Originally Posted by Martin the Martian
Totally unbiased in everything he writes, of course.
What is his bias?
The rationale of the book is to say "we should define sensible reasonable military objectives for the armed forces, and provide the best equipment our money will buy"
In the case of Tornado ADV, he says that the priority there was to spend the money with British industry, resulting in a sub-standard fighter.
There are contradictory points such as "actually ADV was eventually quite good and the performance was good enough..." and that it was overall a cost-effective reasonable compromise.
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