Originally Posted by
Fortissimo
… We will be buying Wedgetail because the UK believes it needs a national capability for AEW&C, not because of any contract with NATO ...
Is 3 jets really a National capability? Hardly. It’s just enough to satisfy the contract and to buy membership of a pooled club whereby we rely on other nations to dig us out of the doo doo by deploying assets to support us when required.
I really do despair at the way things are going. Sadly the Emperor really does think he’s wearing splendid new clothes.