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Exactly. The dod was dumb enough to sign the restrictive contracts too. Simultaneously it's darn time the dod gets off their duff and either demands much higher customer satisfaction or tells the other side we'll handle selected repairs ourselves.

It's the enlisted men/women who ultimately have to bear up under their choices: does their equipment work in battle or not? And tax payers to pay. As soon as the dod discovers they have ultimately accountability whence ultimate control things will balance better

And an aside: it'd be awesome if every round didnt cost 500 million+ ... I have recently been depressed to hear we spent a large majority of missiles etc in Iran. Iran? Really? How in the hell are we gonna deal with something serious? (Iran/oil is serious of course .. but Iran isn't china)