Bertie the Bunyip wrote:


Well, I would assume the military looked at the mission fist, a fact
that's often lost in the shouting and roaring that goes on in a case
like this. Presumably the 'Bus had some advantages in an actual
operational situation. No point buying a machine that's going to let you
down. I don't know that htis had anything to do with anything for sure,
but they don't buy toys like this without looking into these sorts of
things.


Here's where you might be wrong Bertie. The US Military has a long
history of buying hardware for political not strategic or tactical reasons.