Mra4?
Lots of folk in this forum seem to be predicting the demise of the Nimrod MRA4 programme.
Back when I was in, or rather just leaving, Aunty Betty's flying club, that nice man Mr John Nott said in his Defence White paper that the future was Nuclear submarines and Nimrods and that he would order just as many as he could! He even lamented the fact that the production line was closed so making new build MR2's much more expensive. This was back in the days when the MR1 was becoming the MR2 and he increased the number being converted.
I know that was back in the Cold war dayd and that the world is very different now, but, I can't help wondering if we aren't getting just a little carried away with Fast Jets and their ilk. Japan has just approved it's own indigineous 4 jet MPA, and they are talking about a need for 80, that's EIGHTY!!!!
Apart from the fact that they are stationed at Ice Station Kilo, why the current downer on the Mighty Hunter?