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(If true) It seems our brown colleagues are having bother with their new mobile targets. Imagine that an MOD procurement running into millions that is late on delivery and doesn't do what it set out to do. It beggars belief that this kind of ineptitude keeps occurring surely by now in these budget conscious days where every thing is scrutinised and every penny is monitored this sort off c0ck up should have ended. Whose name and signature is at the bottom of the contract?
"The government is 'very concerned' about noises and vibrations in new Army tanks that make them practically inoperable. Jeremy Quin, the minister for defence procurement, confirmed that crews testing out Ajax tanks, the new generation of armoured fighting vehicles, may have been exposed to excessive noise that made some sick. The government has ordered more than 580 of the tanks in a range of US-designed models which are being built in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. But so far only 14 without turrets have been delivered because the project has been beset by delays and problems."
Defence minister 'concerned' no one knows why army tanks are so noisy
Jeremy Quin, the minister for defence procurement, said the government was 'very concerned' that a new fleet of Ajax tanks for the Army were reportedly causing excessive noise and vibrations.
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"The government is 'very concerned' about noises and vibrations in new Army tanks that make them practically inoperable. Jeremy Quin, the minister for defence procurement, confirmed that crews testing out Ajax tanks, the new generation of armoured fighting vehicles, may have been exposed to excessive noise that made some sick. The government has ordered more than 580 of the tanks in a range of US-designed models which are being built in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. But so far only 14 without turrets have been delivered because the project has been beset by delays and problems."