mil-spec is supposed to be about making sure that the quality of the product is adequate to support the troops in the mission. Dont buy bullets or guns that fail in battle and get our soldiers killed, that sort of thing.
But like most bureaucratic things, it can be taken too far, creating things like requirements on desk chairs that must swivel and tilt precisely so, things that are nonsensical and raise cost and reduce competitive bidding in areas that have no real impact on the mission.
So it becomes political when some congress critter starts micromanaging the military procurement system.
So back to my question - what is your beef really about?
>>>I suppose I should ask you what you know about mil-spec and where your coming from.
My post 7 covers that just fine. This is a news site. I posted a question. If you are bothered by my question, the standard here is to skip over until something of interests catches your eye.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922266/posts?page=7#7