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Old 14th Dec 2011, 15:09
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Heathrow Harry
 
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back in 1984 N R Augustine, US Under Secretary of the Army 1975-1977 published his Laws:-

Law 16 - shows that defence budgets grow linearly but the cost of a new military aircraft grows exponentially:In the year 2054, the entire US defence budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3˝ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.

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