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Reads like the typical big budget product that has a deadline that "absolutely cannot move" but does move because ain't no one going to sign their name to that
by Shivetya 11y ago
Reads like the typical big budget product that has a deadline that "absolutely cannot move" but does move because ain't no one going to sign their name to that mess. Really comes from having too many people in the decision making process and none of them accountable.
- mrweasel 11y agoCurrently the Danish government keep deferring the selection of new fighter planes for the Royal Danish Air force. Partly because it's a huge decision to buy plane we can't really afford, but I also suspect it has to do with the F-35 not being done. It really seems like the plan was to just pick the F-35, because that was going to be the plane the US and many other allies fly. I have no proof of this, but I won't be surprised that the moment the F-35 is deemed operational, the Danish government will announce a contract for buy a small number of planes. In the mean time all other potential supplies are going to leave the table because they believe their losing money trying to bid, and rightfully so.
- noir_lord 11y agoHonestly at this point I really wish the UK government had just bought the Super Hornet under license and handed it to BAe to modernise. It would have done everything we could reasonably expect to want to do off our carriers, is a proven design, can carry a heavy payload and has decent legs. Instead we are going to spend billions on a couple of dozen planes that are already a disaster.
- gaius 11y agoNo cats and traps remember? The only plane HMS White Elephant can carry is the F35, unless we re-open the Harrier factory...