Originally Posted by
vecvechookattack
you can't procure ships on the basis that they will be knackered after 25....So you programme them to last for 50 years knowing full well that they won't reach anywhere near that mark.
You know that, and I know that, but the politicos do not know that, nor would they wish to.
Bringing Lynx and Sea king in to the argument might beat the air a bit and muddy the waters but we were talking about things that float.
Unlike the RN the RAF looks after its kit - Dominie 1966 and still going, VC10 1966, C130K 1965, Tornado 1982, Tri-Star 1984 (2nd Hand). The RAF might like to change all its aircraft on a 25-30 year cycle but we don't.
Even the Army got rid of a perfectly adequate Abbot SPG after 30 years.