This thread is starting to sound horribly like the aftermath of the Sandys report in 1957, re the Lightning:"Unfortunately this project has gone too far to stop..." (paraphrasing, anyway). Good job, really.
The trouble with procuring assets only for what is happening right now is that you can't predict what you need. Having said that, of course, I'll now tactfully not mention Typhoon.
Buy Gripen! (Neat thread hi-jack, don't you think?
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