RE: Airbus A400M

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> ...and might even be more expensive. But
> if it's not build, 
> Eurocopter will fall behind the SOTA (*if* they are
> SOTA now). So it's 
> about independance, in a way.

Indeed. And jobs too. Euro gear means Euro jobs,
helping to prop up the economy. The US does the same
thing with it's defence contracts... other countried
make better gear sometimes, but it's good maths to go
for the homebrew, unless the competition is vastly superior.

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