A new administration can alter or cancel its predecessor's programme while the operational requirement remains. Restarting Type 32 through the CCV process is criticised as particularly wasteful when shipyard availability already constrains the likely solution. Type 26 work for Britain and Norway is cited as a reason an alternative yard would lack spare capacity. In the American comparison, large corporations are accused of influencing what is bought, where it is built and how much is ordered. Britain's eventual return to Boxer provides a land-equipment example of a long and expensive route back to a design in which it had originally participated.
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Political programme resets, shipyards and industrial influence
British and American procurement examples support a criticism of political resets that leave the underlying military requirement unresolved.