Hoots,
Very well put, and spot on, unfortunately I don't appear to have your capability to suffer fools lightly so.......
Chicken Leg,
You clearly have no idea about the threats this country is facing. If you believe there is no place for a multi role, maritime patrol/ISTAR aircraft you need to change your name from Chicken Leg to Bird Brain!
And as to the comment about a threat we don't face......why then, do we still operate AWACS and why have we purchased all those lovely Typhoons? Last time I looked out of the window I couldn't see the thousands of Soviet bombers and fighters overwhelming our air defences.....maybe they've got some sort of stealthski technology that makes them hard to spot. Or maybe you don't like Nimrods/Kinloss, either way you're an ill informed idiot, so do us a favour and sod off!
