Yes, that is the correct starting point for analysing the recent pattern of aircraft losses, using GG reasoning and is perfectly valid.
However, there is another equally valid ‘starting point’, the economic one. In my long life, I’ve never seen politicians pay for governments’ losses, but I’ve seen them ‘benefit’ from them.
In the case of lost aircrafts, I’ve seen them happier than after the loss of a machine gun. Why is that? because replacing a fallen aircrafts produces a much higher commission (£, $, Euros, Yen) than replacing a machine gun..
You may like to call me ‘cynical’, I don’t mind. I prefer that to pretending I haven’t noticed politicians’s business. And I don’t blame or accuse politicians. I blame the insane system or belief that human differences must be solved through wars. Competition in the war industry is so high, that manufacturers are forced to pay commissions or bribes to politicians in order to pay their staff.
Alberto
