^ i think England/UK is indeed better off than Germany, never seen so much going wrong like in the last two years here. The RN subs will be maintained and repaired soon again, while the Airbus and helicopter disaster did not even
produce a reliable type.
Teething problems, well.. international collaboration is good, but if one of the manufacturers fails to deliver, the whole project is toast. Could it be those international military company joint ventures are more about making money?
On the other hand, it is about strategical planning, and you cannot accuse hardware companies only carrying out changing and improvement orders. The frigate concept and orders to producing companies have changed so often to adapt to "new" conditions and theories, that the outcome does not resemble anything thought of initially.
A military piece of hardware that is designed to suit all situations and conditions, is basically weak and useless in all of them.