Nimrods - new-build or rebuilds?

[roush]

Once again it was all down to costs per unit. If the MoD could afford a few more airframes then it would have been cost effective to build new ones. However because of the relatively low numbers ordered, the cheapest option was to reuse the old (twisted) airframes.

We even tried to get the Japanese to buy some to replace their P3's in order to boost the numbers.....they just smiled politely, gave us some sushi and beer and asked us to leave.

Good Det though.