no chance of the australians...they're too busy poaching our AAC chaps for the Tiger programme. Not too difficult to see why either - UK - rubbish desk job after rubbish desk job, then...G'day mate, howdya fancy we move you and your family to Oz to fly Tigers, drink beer and go surfing? Tough choice.
But this really is crunch time for UK Defence. We've had champagne tastes on beer money for too long and something will have to give. Mind you, if you want to save money, the most expensive toys aren't apaches - Harrier or Tornado anyone?
They cost the STP an arm and a leg and if you don't believe me then why are they so keen to get rid of Harrier before JSF comes in?