Why have other operators got different hubs. Did they know something the UK operators didn't?
Finally, (and this is definitely what the military are cr*p at), a beast like this wouldn't exist in civvy street. No-one would touch it because the R and D programme would bankrupt the company that built one.
If you throw money at something for long enough - anything is possible and this is what the mil have done.
An RN Merlin now costs between £30 and £40 million pounds. Not a squadron of merlins - just one / uno / on its own / single...
Where in the name of faith is the sound business sense in that?
It's the equivalent of swapping white van mans van with a bloody bentley estate!!!! Great if youre the driver............................
