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Old 19-11-11, 18:01
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Originally Posted by Richard Farrant View Post
This may have been the case at one time, but in the UK the Disposals Services Authority has been running for some time now, and getting more value from disposal of its ureduntant equipment, so so much so that the Australian government has taken note of the UK operation and learning lessons from it in their bulk disposal of military vehicles which is becoming dated or obsolete. This fact was noted from one of their official statements.
Indeed, but the UK MoD is the exeption to the rule, not only in their disposal strategy, but also in their acquisition and support contracts. In my view they are the most innovative MoD for these aspects. Taxpayers can only hope their respective governments will adopt the British "best practices".

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