"Having worked on both an (F) sqn and an AT sqn, I know where I would spend the money if they ever let me run the RAF!
N Joe"
Please God they won't. If you read some of Putin's recent speeches you would appreciate that the maintenance of an ability to secure the airspace over UK and combat forces that may threaten the UK is a primary consideration, overriding what many regard as irrelevant interventions abroad. A threat can develop in a year or two. It takes two decades to develop and produce a modern aircraft and associated weapons.