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Labour breaks ranks, won't back JSFWednesday 22 April 2009 Labour MPs have decided not to vote in favour of buying two test JSF fighter jets, parliamentary party leader Mariëtte Hamer said on Wednesday afternoon. The party, part of the tripartite coalition government, is not convinced that the American-backed JSF is the best replacement for the armed forces' aging F16s, Hamer said. 'We want to make sure we do not get sucked into a billion euro project' which may later turn out to have been the wrong decision, Hamer was reported as saying. Jobs But the party says it does support the involvement of Dutch firms in the development of the JSF because of the knock-on effect on industry and jobs. Junior defence minister Jack de Vries wants to sign the contract for two test planes before the end of this month. He says agreement to buy the JSF test planes is part of the 2006 coalition accord. The other two coalition parties - the Christian Democrats and ChristenUnie - both back buying test planes. Hamer said Labour's decision not to approve the purchase need not cause a coalition crisis. 'We are not looking for a crisis,' she said. 'We just want to make a good decision on behalf of the taxpayer.' © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe
This decision has a very high probability of being proven to be the right call once testing starts in earnest on the JSF. The issues, problems and risks inherent in the JSF Program - strategic, technical, schedule, financial, ....and, thus, political - are just too high. Not surprising that talented people involved doubt seeing fully operationally capable aircraft within their test flying careers. By Peter Goon | April 22, 2009 4:31 PM Great decision! It would have been better if they decided on a total pullout, if possible. Dutch would have much greater industrial involvement and autonomy in NG Gripen than in F35 project. By Robert | April 23, 2009 12:18 AM bobsocks, In fact, the upfront investments have and are being made by Dutch Industry who, through tough international competition which has been at their cost as have been the investments required to meet the contractual conditions (e.g. tooling, training, special approvals, special security provisions, etc.), have earned the contracts and resulting work they have won. Besides, according to the PSFD MoU, for instance Clause 4.4.17, the people of the Netherlands are well within their rights "...to adjust its estimated procurement quantities on a yearly basis". Moreover, implementing any suggestion that the USA take some form of punitive action against Dutch firms, who have won the work 'fair and square', to enforce the infamous "prisoners' dilemma" that the program marketeers have worked so diligently to set up would, in fact, result in further increases in costs for the JSF Program. By Peter Goon | April 23, 2009 2:23 AM Economy in a big hole,people counting every cent and goverment planing directly or partly invest in military it is bigest absurd!!! By Michael | April 23, 2009 9:05 AM History repeats it's self, the government knows there's a world war around the corner, there's your answer! By Steve | April 26, 2009 8:51 PM Place your comments: |
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Hamer wants to keep her cake and eat it too.
No, she will not commit to a purchase. But she wants the JSF team to continue funding Dutch firms and their involvement.
I suggest that people contact the appropriate persons in the USA and pull the plug on either further investment in Dutch firms regarding the JSF.
By bobsocks | April 22, 2009 3:52 PM