Originally Posted by
Kick the tyres
There was only one potential buyer for the Harrier, but I also think they were just about given away.
I expect that the Hercs will have many countries falling over themselves to buy them, while questioning our sanity.
£180 million for 72 Harriers, or thereabouts. The Hercs will go for about £20 ish million each (the US Navy said it paid $19 million for the one short body they bought from us), and yes they will question our sanity.
It's not just the Hercs, most other European F-35 operators are considering increasing their buys (the Netherlands already has), while the UK prevaricates and back tracks on its programme of record, and Germany and Spain are buying more Eurofighters while we try to sell ours off.