Frankly, I'd rather see some of the FJ fleet go rather than a single SAR asset.
Lets face it - we just can't compete with the big boys anymore because successive gov'ts have made a complete c0ck-up of running this country since the end of WW2. We are not blameless either. We have all bought far too many nice cheap imports from China and the EU while some would argue that younger generations (mine included) just don't know the meaning of hard work but want a high-class lifestyle.
As a result, we have no manufacturing industry, no fishing industry, an underfunded and failing argiculture industry and an overpaid and overstaffed civil service. What GNP we have left comes from shuffling paper and money about. Grrrrrrrrrr.
Its no wonder why we can't afford a decent military anymore!
Sadly, this is componded by almost everyone in positions of control in the civil service/NHS/Police/military knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing!?
Rant mode to standby