To return to the main point, the MOD has now ordered the chutes, which are not a long lead item, so at best there will be a “capability holiday” for a few months - for a capability which hasn’t been used since 1956 and for which the MOD has no defined use - in Ukraine, Europe or elsewhere.
Not so much a storm in a teacup but under an electron microscope…
Seems more a case of paras throwing their toys out of the cot after realising where they currently stand in the pecking order..