Oh dear. That last link has touches of green crayon in it. 'Cancel Eurofighter NOW' - and see almost all of the money go in penalty clauses...
Also on the point of the Eurofighter, and now that Mick Smith is known to visit these hallowed portals, I note that the Telegraph's leader yesterday described the Typhoon (or Euro-fighter as printed) as 'preposterous'. I'd be very interested to learn:
a) Why the Typhoon is 'preposterous'
and
b) What the Telegraph would have the govt (or successors) replace it with?
Also, if the Eurofighter is an outdated Cold War project, why is the Telegraph not similarly critical of the F/A-22, Gripen, JSF (granted that just squeezes in to Cold War era planning), F-16, F-15E and, in fact, just about every combat aircraft available?