tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999688384757423340.post5534790583660597837..comments2011-01-20T09:07:56.891+10:00Comments on Alan Polley's collection of ponderings...: For Sale - Australian Defence Force ContractsAlan Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15319314214417622387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999688384757423340.post-24643871678439945912008-11-15T01:02:00.000+10:002008-11-15T01:02:00.000+10:00Stewart, you make a good point - good ideas can co...Stewart, you make a good point - good ideas can come from companies; and in America much of their Defence Force tasks are outsourced to companies.<BR/><BR/>I would question whether this is appropriate - I don not think it is. It could be pointed out that other countries do not privatise their Defence force. This is no grounds for Australia to follow suit; we should be thinking about why it is we do what we do - not just copying other countries. <BR/><BR/>Another thought - The Brisbane company that made the gun - won;t they sell it to the highest bidder - and if that is a country that we are going to war with, it would seem strange to allow an Australian company to export a product that is going to eventually be killing our fellow Australians.Alan Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15319314214417622387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999688384757423340.post-25980779579495586172008-11-13T17:05:00.000+10:002008-11-13T17:05:00.000+10:00yo alan... they put in a companies hands just as t...yo alan... they put in a companies hands just as the americans do with their Stealth bombers and FA-18s and such<BR/>As well as the brisbane based company who made a gun that shoots 1 million rounds a second.. well a prototype anywayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754296632158000273noreply@blogger.com