Somebody at the MOD bought Nimrod AEW etc etc
There is a long list of expensive equipment procured in good faith (& I dare say on occasion in the interest of a subsequent job offer) that has not met requirement targets. So the MOD must be right argument is very flawed.
Lets hope that on this occasion it is not a waste of taxpayers money because we pay that tax too.
**Edit** Beaten to it by a know-it-all, the story of my life!!