R&R
That I think you have hit the nail on the head there
CR, I don't realy want to go down the UAV or ASTOR route (even if I sort of mentioned it, sorry)
What I am trying to understand is what use it will actually be to us in the near future. As I mentioned at the begining Typhoon got a lot of flak because of it's Cold War requirement, but today it is obvious to me why we now require it. I believe ASTOR was also a Cold War requirement and can't see why we require now.
Yes I know basically what it can do, and yes it would be nice to have the capability, but in the current climate I can think of more than a few capabilities I would rather have that we have lost or neglected. Also the probability that we would only require it on larger ops where the U.S. would be involved and have the capability anyway.
Is it because it is a big Purple project that it has continued?
BTW any news on when it will arrive at Waddo?