December 18, 200916 yr I noticed this in 'The Australian' newspaper (november 24th). The link to the www article is: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/natio...f-1225802738569 The summary: OFF-the-shelf military purchases offer big savings and reduced risk for taxpayers compared with do-it-yourself, but come with a major trade-off -- a potential sacrifice of the nation's defence self-sufficiency, a federal government-backed security think tank warned yesterday. The article mentions some of our recent less than ideal R&D and design/ building efforts and compares them to some recent success with straight purchases such as USA battle tanks. Considering we don't even make our own washing machines anymore I'd think it obvoious that we shouldn't be trying to build submarines and the like, but who am I to know these things. Don Thomas
December 18, 200916 yr Considering we don't even make our own washing machines anymore I'd think it obvoious that we shouldn't be trying to build submarines and the like, but who am I to know these things.Don Thomas My "uninterested" opinion as Spaniard, your choice is a good choice : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra_clas...Helicopter_Dock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Ai...rfare_Destroyer
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