Europe’s joint projects have so far not been successful, in part due to insistence from each nation to supply part of the overall product. “Just name one European project, an integrated project that has been a success.”
France walked out on the Typhoon. The A400M had some issues (at least when released, dunno if all that got ironed out). But…all of them got built and work.
And failures are kind of also part of the cost of doing business. We’ve had plenty of defense projects fail here in the US. Ain’t gonna have a 100% success rate unless you’re either refusing to do development with risks or not willing to cut your losses and walk away from a project that’s got an unsatisfactory outcome.
I mean, what is your bar for success?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_Tornado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas
France walked out on the Typhoon. The A400M had some issues (at least when released, dunno if all that got ironed out). But…all of them got built and work.
And failures are kind of also part of the cost of doing business. We’ve had plenty of defense projects fail here in the US. Ain’t gonna have a 100% success rate unless you’re either refusing to do development with risks or not willing to cut your losses and walk away from a project that’s got an unsatisfactory outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Abandoned_military_projects_of_the_United_States
Isn’t it also in the US that they have to build the parts in many different states to convince politicians to vote for spending on it?