Originally Posted by
Alber Ratman
Try the Jaguar...
Oh, it was Franco-British.. The Intenational sales were all via Britain mind, Dassault were only sub connies in reality and of course Dassualt will only play ball if they have the total lead. Not going to happen is it.
By the time the UK got involved with Jaguar, the aircraft was pretty much designed. If you know where to look, you'll see signs that it's very much a French aircraft.
The problem with a proposal like this FCAS is that it's basically a first strike platform. Guess how many European countries have an operational requirement for this? Rule out France and the UK is on its own. While Germany seems to want in, I think its only for the industrial benefits.
I know that BAES (and other parts of the aviation industry) have been trying to convince the UK government about the loss of sovereign engineering capability for a lot of years (15+) and programs like this were part of the more positive outcomes. The idea that brexit isn't a large part of this latest debacle is truly laughable.
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