232 or not?
All,
So much ink has been expended on "232 Eurofighters - too many?" stories over the last few years, it has been accepted as a statement of truth that we have in fact ordered 232 Typhoons.
However, I have two questions:
(i) Has anyone actually signed a contract for Tranche 3? I've not heard of one and therefore we presumably haven't ordered the T3 jets, and therefore we've not actually ordered 232 Typhoons.
(ii) Do the Saudi jets (72), count against the UK offtake of 232 - leaving us with 160 (if - and only if - we sign for T3?)
S41