Now, Australian scientists from the DSTO have identified \"major risks\" to the plane\'s performance in its complex software, advanced cockpit displays and central computer system. A DSTO report from December, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, warns that a \"technical risk assessment\" by DSTO found \"major risks\" inherent in the aircraft\'s cockpit display system.
A friend of mine commented this is probably the reason why the Pentagon and LM don\'t want to share the source code with the other nations in the project - as it is crap and doesn\'t work.
Further in the article;
If Labor win Government we will closely examine the option of acquiring F-22 Raptors, at least in the initial procurement phase, to ensure Australia does not forfeit regional air superiority between retirement of the F-111s in 2012 and delivery of replacement JSFs in 2015 at the earliest and more likely 2017.
The F111 is a strike aircraft, where the FA22 is an air superiority fighter. So they dont fulfil the same role or mission. So this is a bit of a misdirection, but the F18s are getting old too. Labor\'s foreign policy is more regionally focused and requires more regional power than the Liberal\'s foreign policy. So it is arguable that Labor sees a strong regionally focused military ad more important to their polices.
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