Betty; No, I did not ask about the "A". I know what the "A" stands for. I suppose the point that I am making is that we are funding a £4 billion program to develove a MRA a/c when the MRA is no longer the prime task. Everyone believes that the tasks in Iraq and Afgahnistan will get easier with the MRA 4, but the truth is the a/c does not have the kit for those type of tasks. We are producing an a/c for the "cold war", that has long gone. And, please please, do not come back with a "It could return" statement. Because that I will know that you are out of touch with the political situation, which drives all these events.
DV