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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Not exactly a lot of choice with the tanks - that's the only armoured unit we have..
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Well yes but the question was sort of asked so I just stated where any tanks were likely to be coming from.
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
With regard to future acquisitions, it's very unlikely to happen. The current govenment is hanging on by a thread and extremely unlikely to be voted back into power anytime in the next decade. The current opposition may follow through and buy some of the items, but not until they get the economy back under control.
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A lot of this equipment has or is already being delivered. The LHD's and the AEGIS destroyers are building, the Largs Bay has already been bought from Britain and much of the aircraft on order are being delivered. 5 C-17's are in service and some of the Wedgetail's and tankers have already been delivered. I think compared to many other countries the Australian economy is doing quite well although your government seems fairly unpopular, but who's isn't at the moment.