John,

The joke goes like this: "On time, within scope, within budget - pick any
two of the three."

--
Mike Kanze


"John Keeney" wrote in message
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"Andrewstep1234" wrote in message
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Personally I think the RN should have participated in the harrier II
program instead of that stupid EH-101 merlin overpriced POS

I agree the Merlin is overpriced, but aren't all military projects when
they
first come out. I don't think any nation has come up with a successful
project
on time and on budget.

P-51 & F-117?