Typhoon cuts
I am sure it will not come as a surprise to most in this forum, but:
the FT today reports that MoD is trying to get out of the last tranche of 88 airframes. In talks with India, Saudi and Japan to off load them.
and a quite good overview of the MoD on an inside page includes:
"One former defence offical says: "The MoD today has the weakest collection of ministers, chiefs of staff and civilian leaders since the 1970s." "