compressorstall
When you said :
'When you buy a car, you go to the showroom, see what closest matches your requirements and what you can afford, and then you haggle a bit to save money and then pay up and drive off. In the military a bunch of people of 2 year tours come up with the requirement and industry seeks to match it, then after 2 years, another bunch of staff officers tinker with the requirement and industry reacts to the requested changes, then after 2 years come more staff officers'
You missed out one other vital thing....... the people that went to the car showroom in the first place, couldn't even drive a car!!!! Now that's where the main problem lies!
Winco