Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Rereading the article it seems we're really cancelling the F-35's to pour money into BAe ( a "red-wall" company of course) - it's hard to believe that the Tempest will be ready in less than 10 years .....
Asturias56, your questions are quite appropriate ..... and just to add that, no-one seems to have commented on the fact that such investment will also help BAe in the TF-X programme which will then spin technology back into Tempest....... Just a thought (or pipe-dream?) ........
Bottom line re the "cunning Tempest Plan" is "we will see"!