Dear scran,
I might assume going by your location being Canberra and your touchiness, you yourself may have been involved with some of the acquisition debacles.
A defence contractor, Danny Crane or anyone else non military probably wouldn’t know or care about operational specifics for an acquisition other than what is specified to them. Who is ultimately responsible for signing the cheques?
Who would have thought that we would want the Collins Class Subs to be silent in cruise as well. Can’t wait for the JSF (Joint Sh!t Fight). Those income tax cuts will be short lived.