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I'm taken by surprise that someone is making the case that the F-35 is out of date, or that the RAF shouldn't have the F-35A because it can't operate from a carrier! Nor can the Typhoon, will Tempest? This seems to be the usual money raid by the Treasury which drives the different branches of the armed forces to brief against one another. Tobias Ellwood, a former Army officer, questions what the RAF need the F-35A for? Simply for the same reason that all the other air forces across NATO need it for. Or are we completely different?
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