1/ The book "Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin"
captured my attention!. I then looked on the net and found this
<<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!.
In September 1993, ASC notified sub-contractor Rockwell of a default in contract (non-delivery of the combat system), but were not allowed by Defence to proceed and instead the delivery method was further changed from two-stage to multiple increments, with increasing functionality and complexity to be introduced with each delivery!.>>
http://www!.defence!.gov!.au
/minister/1999/collins!.html
2/Reminded me of "Lament for Seville":
<<As you have observed, these are the decrees that are inconstant:
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