Originally Posted by
FloaterNorthWest
If they had given them to Ukraine and the Ukrainians had demonstrated high serviceability in a combat environment, how red faced would the Australians be?
Like a cheap crime drama, best to bury the evidence.
This is the only logical explanation, along with the slight risk that something would happen in a Taipan and our bleeding hearts would blame Australia for the loss, no matter the benefit it brought. The Ukrainians would have those machines running and working great and it would expose how useless all levels of Australian military and government are compared to the rest of the world, nobody in the top brass wants that.