Originally Posted by
Flap Track 6
The RAF are clear that they want no more Typhoons and will not be paying for any more new weapons integrations onto the platform. They see their future as F-35 and then GCAP.
They don’t have the funding for the F-35s they want so they’re not going to be spending any on further Typhoons.
The way that reads seems to me to suggest the RAF is being deliberately dog-in-the-manger. If F-35s are denied us then we shall accept nothing - I must be misunderstanding this, 'Flap Track'. Are they refusing further Typhoons in the hope that when budget funding becomes available then more F-35s will be purchased ?
Mind you, I can't help feel buying more F-35s is a very bad idea when the USA has shown how unreliable it is and will likely be for some time to come. We need to move away from US dependence and encourage more British or European sourced kit.