APDR this moth another article about the Taipan disposal Vs sending them to Ukraine. I know Kym Bergman is frowned upon by people here but he makes some interesting points about the timeline and the requests from the Ukraine and the many unanswered questions In relation to the Taipans. so putting the personality aside ...
The outstanding questions that are yet to be answered…
Who exactly ( which person) decided that putting them in a hole in the ground was the best option?
How much are we getting for the parts to be sold, That dollar figure apparently justified this course of action?
How was this decision and action executed so quickly?
Can anyone seriously believe that no Existing or new MRH90 operators, no Army, Navy or Airforce operating in the world, anywhere was not interested in the Taipans in any way shape or form?
How can the Australian Army and Au DOD possibly decide what is the right equipment for the Ukraine?
Why is is that the Army and DOD instruct or tell the government what to do? Who is running the place? But that is really a pointed question for the Gov ( Wong, Conroy, Marles) who are giving deadpan responses that the Army told them this was the best option …..Which was apparently accepted without question. Do they they just accept everything the Army or DOD say without question? Of course not so what happened in this case?
I suspect it’s would be incredibly embarrassing for the Australian Army if these airframes went to the Ukraine and were operated successfully …. And subsequently families of servicemen killed or injured used that information in any legal case down track. that said I don’t recall seeing any outcome from the investigation into the Airlie Beach crash. I understood indications from prelim investigation was that the crash may have nothing to do with the aircraft at all…which then begets that question that if it was pilot error, how did they arrive at the decision to send them to the tip in the first place …… a massive and $4 billion dollar costly knee jerk response. The nonsense we were fed that the Taipans would not be safe for Ukrainian operators and we didn’t want to out them at risk. Does anyone on this thread seriously believe that!
https://asiapacificdefencereporter....024/03/APDR-March-2024_InteractiveSingles.pdf