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Old 27th Aug 2018, 22:55
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So take a proven tried and tested design with commonality with your allies and then anglicise it..... The word Kerching comes to mind, so we will end up with the most expensive version probably with a degraded capability and commonality...

Sigh, end of the day it's another nail in the UK PLC's capability to design and build our own aircraft, the current Aeroplane has some excellent articles on the TSR 2 and the Canadian Arrow, it was put up against the thin wing Javelin and was better in every respect but cost more, we were going to order it at one point but we recognised the effect on the UK industry if we bought in from abroad, so along with cost considerations it was dropped.... It seems we never learn.
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