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cbrer

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2. You're right, but it brings to mind...

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 07:28 PM

Mar 2013

The parable of throwing the baby out with the bath water.

The C-130 Hercules aircraft in some of those remote locations have been responsible for a number of humanitarian and life saving missions.

To say that there's not room for cuts and better management would be disingeuous and horribly inaccurate.

Of course it helps when you're not going further into debt to wage illegal and immoral wars!

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Lockheed Martin's Herculean Efforts to Profit From Defense Spending [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

Yeah, the basic problem in the defense business is how to get rid of the old stuff bemildred Mar 2013 #1

You're right, but it brings to mind... cbrer Mar 2013 #2

The Hercules is a fine machine. bemildred Mar 2013 #3

Umm, the Warthog currently serving ground support role in the Mideast? cbrer Mar 2013 #4

Yep, that one. bemildred Mar 2013 #5

This goes back to your "basic problem" cbrer Mar 2013 #6

I used to do software engineering for DoD, so I saw the same problem a lot. bemildred Mar 2013 #7