Originally Posted by
Tarnished
I don't think that Aeralis will build ALL the different options that they are portraying at present, but the current "urgent need" to get the Reds a new mount actually helps in my opinion.
What 'urgent need'....?
Just maybe, CAS being brave enough to chop the Reds at end of T.1 life (or sooner) would be the very public media wake-up call 'joe public' needs to reinforce the terrible situation the RAF is in, regarding being hollowed out, capability gaps, and a broken training system. As long as the Reds keep trailing red-white-blue smoke over the Mall a few times per year, 'joe public' think we still have the RAF we had 30 or 40 years ago.
And you'd be surprised at how many people on the street, have no real idea how much its been hollowed out, because, we have the Reds so all is OK with the world.