Originally Posted by
safetypee
Of course recalling that BAE SYSTEMS has a large manufacturing and sales base in the US (and builds parts of the F35 in the UK).
Also, that ‘older’ designs, F15, 16, 18, are now seen as proven ‘bomb trucks’, which can be upgraded cost-effectively, to meet emergent threats. A much quicker threat response based on revised internal systems, than waiting for a new platform with the similar new systems.
Bring on Typhoon upgrades; we don't need to add an ‘X’ to the title to denote excellence, cf a part-taken but then missed opportunity with Tornados various.
Agility in defence procurement, potentially lower cost, and keeps UK manufacturing (that part which will pay off the debt) as a leading world supplier.
The difference between BAES products and the others of course, being that BAES ones are ****.