"However, US diplomats reported to Washington their belief that the Australian military is beset with ''ingrained problems'' involving ''poor budgeting, cost overruns and delays in delivering new equipment exacerbated by efforts to prop up local defence industries''
Now don't take offense....that comment applies to the US Military in spades!!!
I won't take the thread off target by pointing out why that is so.....as we can all come up with lots of programs, projects, aircraft, spare engines, and the like the US Military has wasted multiple Billions of Dollars upon and are still doing.