Perhaps,
But totally irrelevant to the topic. Yet again a cash strapped MoD has made a total bolleaux of a new aircraft project - but the government will seek to blame anyone other than themselves.
THe root cause is having people like Blar, Hoon and Gordon-the-greedy in power.
How much does the nation waste on paying econmic migrants with their ever outstretched hands? And how much do Trust-me-Tone's bring-a-bottle wars cost the nation?
And we can't even afford 8 helicopters! E I G H T !!
But I supose if the RAF can't even afford to buy its own basic trainers or ME training aeroplanes anymore, the fact that we can't afford a few helicopters shouldn't come as a huge surprise....
How did it ever get into such a state?