You know the flat earthers that have been slagging off the Air-to-Air Typhoon? The ones that have been repeatedly asking why the UK needs a fighter force as there's no perceivable threat? Where are they now?
Well... you mightn't need them Typhoons if you avoid following GWB into GWIII. Even with tanker support I doubt the Iranians would make it to the Cliffs of Dover before someone took an exception to their flyover en route, and TLAMs onto their airfields would put the frighteners on the tankers and fighters if they kicked off an anti-ship deployment against oil ops in the Gulf.