What your saying is correct but surly australia could follow americas example and at least try to design a aircraft or start a joint venture the way i see it the americans are doing the smart thing by keeping the jobs in australia for example as you said the bushmaster APC’s in many cases would be a better decision compared to the hummers when it comes to the type of combat each recieves but by not buying the bushmasters they keep the jobs in the country and don’t need to risk things like late arrival or hostlities between countries
But what im trying to say is maybe the australian defence forces(ADF) should consider buying weapons, vehicles and equipment from countries other than the US it’s like were afraid to buy things from other countrys because we’ll hurt their feelings or somthing, surely australia has the capabilitys to produce a decent fighter,bomber,ship or other wartime weapon even if we had a (for want of better word)deal with another country to help produce it for example the A380 its not a wartime aircraft but australia helped in its design and construction somthing like this but on a war like scale it may cost australia money but it would create jobs and may even turn Australia into large scale producers of particular arms ie aircraft giveing us money to do more research createing even more jobs
if you think about it australias civil workforce may even benifit from the reputation this joint venture may or may not create it would certinly help more than anything but what do i know i could just be going on about nothing
sorry its a bit long and somtimes off subject:cool:
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