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Old 5th Jul 2018, 15:02
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Buster15
 
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Seems to me that a 2040 timescale is highly ambitious and unlikely. Typhoon was developed from the EAP technology demonstrator and XG40 engine demo programme. The phased programme described above will probably swallow much of the available time.
I wonder if this is just posturing to allow a future move to align with the French/German programme.
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