Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Lacking balls



A few sensible voices in politics over the bad F-35 decision.

"No one has had the balls to call a halt to it or to even call for a full capability analysis against requirements."

"Once you've made a decision like this, it takes more balls to actually say the emperor's got no clothes than to continue pretending that the emperor in fact has clothes.

"We should be ensuring that this aircraft is defined as fit for purpose before we purchase it. "We haven't done that."

He also blamed Defence Department officials, whom he said had been "acting as salesmen for the Joint Strike Fighter" rather than doing their jobs and being "critical buyers".





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