Feel rather "in the know" having had two officers complain about some of these upcoming white elephants some time past.
I'm very curious to know which elements in particular they regarded as white elephants. Haven't researched a much about this, but I've definitely got the feeling the Abrams are ridiculous & informed (from appearances) opinions JSF are remarkably split... I've seen major criticisms of the JSF on the grounds of range, but since then the supposed range on wikipedia has been upgraded by ~1000km (?!?!?)... JSF is the one that concerns me most, personally. Australia really seems to need an independant long-range fighter/bomber, which seems to be something most other 'first world' nations don't really need.
Kinda funny, on the one hand I can't stand the entire military thing - we really shouldn't need one - on the other hand... as T-Bird put it, "This is the really real world" - hence it's idiotic to try and ignore fundamental things like defense, no matter how peaceful our nation might be within its own borders.
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I'm very curious to know which elements in particular they regarded as white elephants. Haven't researched a much about this, but I've definitely got the feeling the Abrams are ridiculous & informed (from appearances) opinions JSF are remarkably split... I've seen major criticisms of the JSF on the grounds of range, but since then the supposed range on wikipedia has been upgraded by ~1000km (?!?!?)... JSF is the one that concerns me most, personally. Australia really seems to need an independant long-range fighter/bomber, which seems to be something most other 'first world' nations don't really need.
Kinda funny, on the one hand I can't stand the entire military thing - we really shouldn't need one - on the other hand... as T-Bird put it, "This is the really real world" - hence it's idiotic to try and ignore fundamental things like defense, no matter how peaceful our nation might be within its own borders.