Predictions As the article suggests:
Scrap C130J - leave to a400m and take capability gap on all disciplines the a400m cannot yet complete ( stores/ Para/ boats/)
Scrap Puma ( rely on chinook)
Also:
Scrap Sentinel- Pointless , and the UOR is over. No longer required
Scrap E3D- they never fly anyway. Waste of money.
Scrap C17- leave to a400M. They are on their backsides with fatigue anyway,
Aircrews and support staff from all above fleets- voluntary redundancy. cash saved!
For anyone reading this who thinks the MOD “would be utterly mad to scrap an entire platform which solely provides a critically important capability”
-Wind the clock back 10 years or so to SDSR 2010 and you have your answer. No one platform is safe.