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Old 20th Jun 2018, 18:33
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tdracer
 
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The Royal Air Force is in favour of buying between four and six planes from the US aerospace giant Boeing at a cost of £2 billion to £3 billion.
If they are really lucky, a couple billion pounds might cover the development costs of a new AWACS platform. Of course then they'd need another billion or two to actually produce functional aircraft.
There is something to be said for buying 'off the shelf' when practical.
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