"We are doing that in response to the threats as they emerge"
Wouldn't it be rather better to have a better idea of the threats long before they emerge? Isn't there an Air Warfare Centre in addition to various desks in the MoD-box who are all supposed to be assessing future threats and making sure that the Armed Forces are protected against such things?
Link 16, DASS (including DIRCM and 'clever' pyrotechnics) - I seem to recall discussing the need for those in AT/AAR aircraft when I did my EWO course back in 1993......