Australia had Mirage fighters and i remember in the 70s everytime you watched the news another one had fallen out of the sky !!! I never thought much of French engineering [if you have ever worked on a citroen car you will know what i mean !!!and every vehicle thay make is bloody ugly]like the poms the spitfire, double rifles and other rifles, were the best things they made ,all their cars and 4x4s were pos !!The Germans are good ,but they are too good!! and make everything more complicated than it needs to be .American engineering has a good balance to it ,practicality etc,but quality control and going backwards has ruined it .Japanese have the quality because they are fastidious and dedicated .