Billions of dollars have been wasted by and on our defence public servants and military brass, not to mention the governments that supposedly control them, and their long tradition of bad defence purchases and management and pointless activities. Most of them couldn’t organise a small piss-up in a large brewery.
They come up with brilliant ideas like buying the Austrian Steyr rifle for our basic army weapon. Some of the original assessments said it’s a very good weapon, as long as it doesn’t have to operate in less than ideal conditions such as sand and dust.
And what is there a lot of in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention most of Australia?
And what complaints have been made about the Steyr?
Surprise! Surprise!
Here’s another example of what the outstandingly stupid boneheads who run our defence system have achieved by being suckered into trying to use a 1960’s airframe to take us well into the 21st century (just how dumb can they be!), but it’s a bigger story than the summary on the first screen here.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/australia-to-continue-with-illstarred-sh2g-seasprite-project-03338/
They’re no better when it comes to major procurements, either.
At least there was a point, or two, to the boob jobs. And it sounds like an uplifting exercise, too. 
If we can’t have decent weapons for our soldiers and hugely expensive helicopters than can actually fly the tasks the seller said they could, along with a lot of other things that don’t live up to procurement standards we’ve paid a bundle for, at least we’ve got nice tits for our lady sailors. Possibly one of the few times we actually see something for the silly money spent by our defence establishment.
