Ftrplt,
I know that $300 mil is a drop in the ocean compared to the potential budget of $12 BILLION for AIR6000, but it's still a lot of money nonetheless. What exactly are we getting for our money? It sounds a lot like a bag of magic beans to me.
$300 mil
now would equate to 3 airframes of any of the world's latest 4th generation fighters that are
proven and flying. Australia's track record of capital acquisitions is pretty woeful - our penchant for buying 'A-models' (or worse still: 'paper aeroplanes') has resulted in some spectacular IOC date & cost blowouts. Why haven't we learned our lesson?
Here's a crazy thought: How much money have we got & what do
current airframes cost?
