Hear, Hear Si Clik...........
And if there was more than a hint of truth that US101 won on the back of TB's support, who cares. But then that would overlook that US101 was arguably the better fit for the spec required............?
Logistic Support ...... OK, there have been some issues and these will continue. There is however an element of 'you get what you pay for' here and Merlin is no different to any other product or service, it costs what it costs - so if appropriate funding is missing or the scaling somehow deficient.......... ????
The future....... from economy of scale savings to some radical MLUs...... exciting prospects although these won't feed through until the next decade.....
Finally, when the government of the day says jump (or in this case, buy) the MOD is almost duty-bound to say how high (or in this case, how many) rather than why........ Still, in terms of capability, Merlin has something new to bring to the party - just got to think beyond the existing party scenario perhaps.... ??