Tarnished
I don't have the experience that you have on Typhoon, I do think it is a great aircraft, and I do think it'll be used to its best advantage by the frontline. I disagree with the 'Cold War relic' label, but do wonder when it is going to match up with what it is supposed to do, and pure EJ driven 9g performance isn't everything.
Poential, adj: capable of coming into being or action, latent
The RAF have everything they need to make it a success. But the project is late for a range of reasons and my comment was solely in that vein and not a slight on those working hard to deliver against the Empire.
Personnally, I think it is great that BAES are getting more into the US market - BAES and UK plc have a number of good products which the Yanks seem happy with - AV8, T45 etc etc so why not exploit it.
The cap doesn't fit, but I thought you company men were supposed to work with Q?