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Obama Recalls All Aircraft Carriers, Setting Up U.S. For Attack
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Wouldn't you agree that contractors can get away with a lot more than US forces in a warzone? I think that is their purpose. Less regulation and red tape plus it gives the gov plausible deniability.
originally posted by: MyHappyDogShiner
a reply to: JDeLattre89
It has almost nothing to do with corruption on the part of the contractors.
That being said, where would you suggest one look?...You may ask, you may not ask...
But the contractors are about at the bottom of the corruption "chain" if you want to call it that.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: rickymouse
Russian and Chinese equipment has also had major production and reliability issues we don't see. They get more equipment because their philosophy has always been quantity over quality, and it shows in reliability and accident rates.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Nucleardoom
There was a report from the Russian Air Force not long after the Su-34 entered service, that all 16 of the first aircraft had significant problems, with the first two grounded. The problems ranged from navigation systems to fire control. In the report, one of the Russian generals commented in it that if they pulled the same control board out of three different aircraft, all three boards would be assembled differently, and they occasionally saw boards that were assembled on the wrong side.