Actually, I believe the Collins class are extremely good boats. There were teething troubles but their effects were extremely exagerated in the media. And the same thing is happening now. The problems are nowhere near as severe as is being made out.
All I know about the problems with the Collins Class subs is what I’ve read in the past week or so, and it did not sound good. It sounds like they have some major design flaws in the engineering plant, and the last I heard they were talking about new engines. even replacing all the main bearings is major drydock work, and probably involves a hull opening to gain access to the plant.
Well, let’s face it. The Leftists in the world want to disarm everyone, but the conservatives everywhere understand that everyone won’t be “everyone”.
As such, they do all they can to discredit any weapons system they can. There are a lot of examples in my country. The F-111 was a great example. Even better was the Abrams tank, and the Bradley.
They crucified the Abrams, said it would be hopelessly useless in the desert sand and would be technologically neutered by unreliable hardware. It was magnificent in every use employed.
I read a book recently called “No True Glory” by Bing West. It is about the battle for Fallujah. There were parts in the book that I recall where when a Bradley showed up on the scene of a battle with its chain gun, the engaged Marines would feel that “Yep, we’re really going to give it to those bastards now” or “Thank God the Bradley is here”.
Sure, there are always turkeys in military terms, but they want everything to be a turkey. That way, they can get the program cancelled and use the money that was going to buy the military turkey, and put it towards turkey basters for Lesbians. Or, as Ann Coulter puts it, towards some other “comically useless” social program.