The issue is whether the UK wants to be able to play the game 'Air Manoeuvre'. The SH Force and CHF are vital elements, but the money to replace the aircraft is burned up in sustaining existing ops and paying for the UORs that represent equipment that a lot of the types should have had already. The HAS6s might have been good value if we were still up to our eyes in NI, but what we really need now is new helicopters with the ability to lift lots even in hot and high. Anyone who considers the SK for Afghanistan doesn't have an atlas or know the effects of hot and high.
