(bottom of Williams Foundation website)
The Williams Foundation is at it again; using retired military status as a facade to push faulty defence industry talking points wrapped up as analysis.
The Williams Foundation has a bad history of spewing non-credible defence industry talking points
Today's article, "Growler money well spent: Defence, Williams Foundation" should be seen for what it is; a continuing behaviour to promote the greater defence conspiracy (correct use of the word) which enhances industry but has little to do with defending the nation.
No matter what the Williams camp and others state, the purchase of dud jamming gear is unfortunate.
Sir Richard Williams must be rolling in his grave knowing that an organisation is using his name to create a revenue stream--"don't forget to renew your sponsorship"--for questionable motives.
2 comments:
Eric, Like you I am worried about the $1.5 billion price tag for the Growler modification.
And you are right to point out that the current AN/ALQ-99 jammer is overdue for replacement. But why not mention that the US is working on a Next Generation Jammer?
The RAAF's Growlers are due to be available for operations in 2018. This raises a few questions: Will the US give Australia access to the NGJ? If so, how much will it cost? And how soon after 2018 will it be operational?
NGJ is important. However we now live in an era where the Defense community promises much and fails to deliver. Time and again.
Why don't we wait until NGJ actually works instead of (yet again) spinning the roulette wheel based on over-optimism and faith?
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