U.S. Military Might Challenged
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=348873&story_id=13447375
Economist.com have reported that Europe has everything riding on Airbus's, Europe's biggest defence acquisition programme branched from EADS, ability to timely complete 4 unnamed countries $20 plus billion investment - The A400M - which is already three years late, and has heavily exceeded initial presumed cost by $2.7billion. OCCAR, an organization started 12 years ago to mediate the nation to nation negotiations of high stakes weaponry (aka collaborative military), is hoping it will not have to mediate a $5 + billion refund to advancement payment makers. Quote "It would be a humiliating admission of defeat both for Europe’s defence industry and for the sponsoring governments, which would have to turn to America for a replacement aircraft." Reporters say the impressive aircraft was scheduled, under contract, for take -off in March. Louis Gallois, the chief executive of EADS (baller!!!!).
*French Senate suggested that the plane could end up being four years late.
*Germans sound increasingly cool about the project.
*British and French, are desperate for additional heavy-lift capacity to support their operations in Afghanistan, are busy looking for ways to bridge the gap.
Could the fourth country, investing in advanced military aircraft be Afghanistan? And should the United States be alarmed to such transactions? Well it alarms me.
On lookers say EADS should abandon the project before the cost exceed the benefits.
the features on this A400M are endless.
though technically difficult the design is ambitious.
ability to
Economist.com have reported that Europe has everything riding on Airbus's, Europe's biggest defence acquisition programme branched from EADS, ability to timely complete 4 unnamed countries $20 plus billion investment - The A400M - which is already three years late, and has heavily exceeded initial presumed cost by $2.7billion. OCCAR, an organization started 12 years ago to mediate the nation to nation negotiations of high stakes weaponry (aka collaborative military), is hoping it will not have to mediate a $5 + billion refund to advancement payment makers. Quote "It would be a humiliating admission of defeat both for Europe’s defence industry and for the sponsoring governments, which would have to turn to America for a replacement aircraft." Reporters say the impressive aircraft was scheduled, under contract, for take -off in March. Louis Gallois, the chief executive of EADS (baller!!!!).
*French Senate suggested that the plane could end up being four years late.
*Germans sound increasingly cool about the project.
*British and French, are desperate for additional heavy-lift capacity to support their operations in Afghanistan, are busy looking for ways to bridge the gap.
Could the fourth country, investing in advanced military aircraft be Afghanistan? And should the United States be alarmed to such transactions? Well it alarms me.
On lookers say EADS should abandon the project before the cost exceed the benefits.
the features on this A400M are endless.
though technically difficult the design is ambitious.
ability to
- fly very slowly, almost like an ascending aircraft
- land on unprepared - closer battlefield landings
- exceed thrust speeds @ over several hundred miles per hour
- "and turboprop engines of a size and power never before produced in the West."
NOTE
*******Just in case [REFUND] was not hard enough TO ANTICIPATE, Airbus allowed its customers to bully it into rejecting a bid to supply engines from Pratt & Whitney, a vastly experienced American firm, GLOBALLY ACCREDITED.
Labels: A400M, Central Asia, Louis Gallois
posted by Ms. Lee at 2:44 AM
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is china next in line to bring peace to the worlds many nations, just as rome, britian, and america have done?!!
i feel the japanese made the mistake of trying to mask, rather than market korean individuality, during their 5yr occupation of Korea. Rather than help enrich their culture and build on what the people's foundation that Japanese sought to redefine Koreans to be more Japanese, by forcing Koreans to take on Japanese style Names and language. salvaging the quality principles of the KOrean culture would have been a more respective gesture by the Japanese imperial government.
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