Reply #101: well, there are only two products you list that are made by BAE [View All]

[northzax]

the Merlin is made by Westland. again, different company. And you know this is a UK discussion, right?

so what would you do, as BAE, if your largest customer (the british government) places an order to 230 Typhoon fighters? say "look chaps, we really appreciate it, but you only need a hundred of these, why pay for so many?" I don't know what you do for a living, but say your largest client comes to you and places an order, do you tell him "no, you don't need that much, just order half that, and you'll be fine"? of course not.

war profiteering, by definition, is raising the prices of goods during wartime to make an excess profit off the crisis. do you have any evidence that BAE, specifically BAE, is overcharging the US or UK government anymore during wartime than during peacetime?

or are you objecting to the entire military contracting industry in general?