SW1 wrote:The marine declared IOC 4 year
They declared it for a very reduced ... while not declaring the reduction
... capability set
- done for A. legislative reasons, so that orders for more could go ahead (and so that "B" would not be cancelled altogether), and B. relating to the the one afore, the Alligator fleet was under threat and them not getting jets (=B's) flying off them, to make them self-contained in many types of Ops, would simply have killed the ship orders, too
This is a reverse snow-ball, and it speaks volumes of the USMC comms capability (LM & RN perhaps in supporting roles) that the past has not been unravelled
- may be the present and the near future has kept everyone occupied?
- that's a good strategy when auditors turn up: keep them busy, so that they can't find the "red thread"
topman wrote:the test and delivery phase ran side by side it was always going to end up like this for the first few years.
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)