Kindda makes me laugh to read about "countries being loyal" and so on when history teaches that NO one country will be loyal to NO ONE if it does not serve its own interrests...And our american friends are exactly the same, except they've only had some 200 years to exert put into practice their "loyalty" (Suez for example...)
Self interest, self interest, self interest...and if you don't trust the europeans, as someone said, don't buy... There is another thread dealing with issues about putting all your eggs in one basket...
BTW, I seem to recall that Seasprite was a all-round success for the RAN...
