Typhoon's time will come...
...but not before Tornado. The Afghan plan for the GR4 has been around for a long time - it's a mature platform with the kit to carry out the job now. With days to go to the declaration of Typhoon MR OED, it's touch and go whether we'll truly have the full requirements. But of course it will be declared regardless. Typhoon will be awesome but it will take a bit more time. Even the venerable Tornado took a few years to become really useful.