Originally Posted by
Pheasant
But only if pain is being felt and the cost of converting a non-CAS a/c to a pseudo CAS role is actually affordable (and not at the cost of the current, designed-for-role CAS aircraft).
Is the pain not being felt?
The GR4 is a long range interdiction/strike aircraft and designed from the outset to be so;
True, and its previous role as AI is useful how exactly?
The fact that £M hundreds are being spent to give GR4 even some CAS capability says it all.
No it doesn't. It says that it is better to upgrade two wings of GR4 as there is no quick end in sight for the CAS role.
How did Dii get into the discussion???
Easy. Its cost far outstrips anything else for what is essentially email and a wordprocessor.