"Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin" got me thinking about it!.
Found a website
http://
www!.defence!.gov!.au
/minister/1999
/collins!.html
A report there says that
<<In August 1991, because of the combat system schedule slippage, the contract was amended to provide a two-stage delivery!. This was to allow submarine platform trials to proceed in advance of a fully compliant combat system being available!.>>
Decisions like this just seem to be assumed to add value as opposed to destroying a project!.
<< In my opinion, no decision is ever sensible!.To paraphrase the ideas of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and similar thinkers, every decision we make is tailored to the deciders wants and desires, even when a comparative chart is formed!. For every reason in support of something one can always find a equally valid reason against!. It is only when ones emotions have decided that one can no longer think of contrary points!.>>
(terrific statement byWww@QuestionHome@Com