Originally Posted by miles offtarget
Sadly true old boy, who remembers AEW Nimrod fiasco ?
IIRC when going through 6FTS at Finingley in 1989, we were told that the final cost of the airframe mod was £1bn each. Not a bad return on investment for a ground trainer that the ab-initio Air Engineers used to start up and shut down.
...and of course we eventually bought the E3 that had been offered to us ten years earlier.
Back to my original point, does anyone know if still have to have the authority of the US President (and considering the mental stability of the baboon who currently holds that office, is this a wise thing), before we can light the blue touch paper on Trident ?
The British, American made Trident is fitted with British designed MIRV's with British designated targets so surely, although the missiles are manufactured in the USA, should come under the full control of the British?
or is that why Brown wants an 'independent' deterrent? Because we don't have full control.....