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Major defence purchases are always serious cash drains. Politicians find them easier to "sell" if they can convince voters that major defense contracts produce local jobs. Few licensed production lines are less expensive than a single, central production line. The only difference is where the tax dollars are spent.That is why the British government decided to re-furnish old Nimrod/Comet airframes. By the time they zero-timed and re-configured old Nimrod airframes, it would have been less expensive to build entirely new airframes. The difference was that refurbishment contracts employed Brits in ridings where British politicians needed re-election.
Major defence purchases are always serious cash drains. Politicians find them easier to "sell" if they can convince voters that major defense contracts produce local jobs. Few licensed production lines are less expensive than a single, central production line. The only difference is where the tax dollars are spent.
That is why the British government decided to re-furnish old Nimrod/Comet airframes. By the time they zero-timed and re-configured old Nimrod airframes, it would have been less expensive to build entirely new airframes. The difference was that refurbishment contracts employed Brits in ridings where British politicians needed re-election.
