it's the way US procurement works and I can't see it changing, our fa-18 doubled in price and was late, the f-111 was even a bigger mess-up...it's a bit silly blaming the plane.
Look elsewhere? australia needs a new plane now, it's just costing money refitting old hornets and buying gap filling super hornets and growlers
without being too platform centric because it's ultimately the system what counts ... I can't see anything else the west has worth buying as a next gen systems strike fighter to last till 2050...any ideas?
please don't say a eurocanard, the swiss leak showed they aren't even much better than their old hornet
Last edited by JSFfan; 14th Feb 2013 at 19:19.