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Old 29th Feb 2016, 02:56
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gulliBell, given the Oz military knack for ruining perfectly good aircraft that are very capable of doing the task that they are designed for, I wouldn't be out there saying that the Apache would have been better for them. I'm sure they would have screwed that up as well!

Just look at the Billions Oz wasted on the Seasprite, then NZ snaps them up and happily operates them from day one!

Don't blame the machine. The Tiger is a very capable aircraft. You need to look at what was being asked of it and how much of what they were asking for was not "off the shelf". That is what undid the Seasprite. Same as Canada with the S-92. All the goodies they've asked for have killed it.

Tight military budgets are forcing countries to try and but a one type does all solution, and that is no solution at all. Just the beginning of some very large and expensive headaches.
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