Vecvechookatack - I did have tongue in cheek there!
All I'm saying is it would be further folly to dump a system that is near complete.
Uk procurement policy is flawed...always has been.
What is the alternative?
Rely totally on other countries' "export" variants? Thats' fielding a second team. Look at the JSF, will we ever get access to source codes, so that our industry can tinker with them? Will Congress let us?
The price of retaining an indigenous capability in defence is suffering our now routine procurement funk ups.
Is it all worth it, I ask myself.