Good point Spheroid.
Good job that we have never sold a friendly nation our current spec (of the time) AD Destroyers (Type 42 IIRC) or our current spec Ship-borne helo (Lynx) to watch them invade sovereign territory.
Especially as our other friends had also sold them Super Etendard, Exocet, LVTP-7's etc.
The point that I am facetiously making is just because we are friends now, does not mean that our national interests will not diverge in the future.
Albeit - your argument if accepted would see the RAF be able to get rid of any QRA response to anything other than hijacked commercial airliners.
Absolutely no need for anything like the Typhoon (just keep the Tonka F3) and wasting time intercepting TU 95's - they are only mates after all
