A Polish engine order is compared with Australia's modern contribution to expanding American submarine production. Bristol was already operating at maximum capacity, so supplying Poland meant paying for another production line as well as the engines themselves. Developing an indigenous engine could therefore look cheaper even if it imposed delays and technical risk. The passage turns a price dispute into a lesson about capacity-constrained procurement.
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Why British aircraft engines cost Poland so much
The price of British engines reflected the cost of expanding a factory already committed to domestic orders, not simply hostility toward a foreign buyer.