Effortless,
You're looking at it from the wrong perspective, its not an issue of insecurity, more an excuse for apathy. Don't look at it as if Typhoon (for instance) is a military chattel, look on it as what it is - something funded by the country and to be used for the collective good of the country. God knows, we're proud enough.. but is everyone else, and can we look at this from another angle to do some good?
If we are so secure about ourselves, why do we currently have the situation of.. a Vulcan, one of the greatest aeroplanes made, in the hands of enthusiasts, consigned to a future of uncertainty? If we are so secure about ourselves, why do we have troops changing on the pan at Birmingham and why do we have to fight like f#ck to get a house set aside for rehabilitating troops at Headley? Something which the g'ment should be doing.
The people who would see this are the people who might not be as alligned to our way of thinking.. we, by definition, are 'proud', but is everyone else? A young dissaffected lad, gazing upwards from some deprived area, seeing a Typhoon streak overhead resplendant with a Union Flag could excite god only knows what connection with a bright future and this country. A crowd having a symbol placed before them of something as cutting edge and being British might mean the difference between our injured troops not being jeered at in the baths in Epsom or Leatherhead.
No, it has nothing to do with being secure.. we can be secure all day long in our own little worlds. It has everything to do with grabbing the initiative and being secure enough to say 'F#ck it, if you're not proud to be British simply because you hate what Tony Blair did, then look at this as an example of what we can do, and you should be.'. I would love to see a photoshop mock up of Typhoon like this. We have the Red Arrows as a symbol of military excellence, so why not have Typhoon as a symbol of what we're all about.
(Yes, I know its European, but lets overlook that for now..)