key words were 'we have now let die in the last decade' (tornado and harrier long before this) - when we have lost huge swaths of our civilian and military design capability across the board together with the personnel/skills that went with it - how or why and/or the world economy is not at question
anyway back to the point in question - 50 years ago and the V-bombers...and could we today produce such a project in the 5 years start to first flight or so that these guys did all those years ago...doubt it
