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Old 5th Dec 2011, 16:11
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I ran into a bloke from FMV the other day who had been on the Gripen program since it started. There's a lesson there.

And if you think the 'Phoon situation is bad, you haven't looked at F-22 lately. Lots of ten-digit numbers between now and 2020, for two new weapon integrations, two new-weapon-variant integrations, no HMD and no way to communicate with anything other than another F-22 except voice radio.

And only 80-some of the 187 jets ordered will ever be full capability...

//weeps softly, bangs head on desk
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