Like I’ve always said, buy in and you destroy your home grown industry that has no option but to contract, losing both the skills in design and the ability to build the next generation of aircraft, they then continue to flog designs that are no longer relevant.
Hawk as good as it is has been, has been passed by in both design and operating efficiency by modern types from other Countries.
It amazes me that we end up having to build joint aircraft these days which will always be a compromise on what the U.K. wants as it has to meet the other countries requirements as well, when the likes of Sweden can produce in house some cracking aircraft that meet their countries requirements.