Full marks to BAE, they have in Nimrod the perfect product line - through AEW to MRA4 - they get paid but they don't need to deliver anything.
Now if only they could find a way to develop it into an export market...
It does make you wonder what sort of Air Force Britain could have if it didn't have to support BAE in the manner to which it has become accustomed.
MoD needs to decided which is the priority, operational capability - or job creation in NW England