kbrockman
Re the european embargo, others on here are far more qualified to comment but it was during the Vietnam war and I THINK related to parts for one or more of our aircraft - it might have been the Pilatus Porter.
Understand re Germany / Poland. Why have a NATO pushed resolution if one of the major countries of NATO doesn't do anything major.
I am not anti European, (born in the UK). Maybe it's because the DoD in Australia has made a cock up of so many purchases / builds and for such a small military, where possible, why not just buy off the shelf from our major coalition partner ?
If we spend 90% of our time operating with the US, then doesn't it make sense to operate the same or very similar equipment ? Does that have ANY weighting at all in the buying criteria ?