21
New Zealand to spend $3bn upgrading helicopters and ‘embarrassing’ defence planes
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
21 points (100.0% liked)
Aotearoa / New Zealand
2189 readers
5 users here now
Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general
- For politics , please use !politics@lemmy.nz
- Shitposts, circlejerks, memes, and non-NZ topics belong in !offtopic@lemmy.nz
- If you need help using Lemmy.nz, go to !support@lemmy.nz
- NZ regional and special interest communities
Rules:
FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom
Banner image by Bernard Spragg
Got an idea for next month's banner?
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You're right, that was the whole contract.
Which makes it even more impressive the project was set to be more than a billion over the original estimate.
I dunno, I think cutting your losses and starting over when you're dealing with a shitshow on this scale is pretty sensible.