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From: iwood@sol.uvic.ca (Ian Wood)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: RN AEW
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:08:20 GMT
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From: iwood@sol.uvic.ca (Ian Wood)


wcsswag@ccs.carleton.ca (Alex Klaus) writes:
>(Note: strange the SEa King AEW got finished, but the Nimrod didn't)

Not in the least a strange thing.  The Sea King AEW system built from
existing components on the basis of 'It's needed RIGHT NOW!'  There was
a war on and things get built very fast during such times of need.  
Another example from the Falklands War was how fast the software patches
allowing Sea Harriers to use AIM-9L Sidewinders.  In such cases, the best
available people get put on a project and are told to make it work (sometime
last week).

The Nimrod AEW, on the other hand, was a peace time weapons procurment project
and it was real big ... (filling in the results is left to the student)

(I know, I know, this strays along the edge of the charter)

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Ian Wood
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