For me, we need - and will always need - a credible Air Defence capability.
For me, that means as near to Air Supremacy in the skies over our soil and littoral zone as we can get.
Perhaps for that, the Typhoon is great - and if additional mission capability can be bolted on, then even better (at the right price).
Suppose the RAF got all the Typhoons that it is requesting, complete with pilots and support people.
And suppose a time machine took all these Typhoon squadrons back to 1944-45.
How many V-2's/A-4's could the Typhoons successfully intercept?
Major incidents concerning the V2 onslaught on London include the bombing of Woolworth’s store in New Cross (November 1944, 160 Killed and 108 Injured); houses in Blackheath (November, 40 Killed and 60 Injured); Islington (MacKenzie Road, December, 68 Killed and 99 Injured); East Stepney (Hughes Mansions, March 1945,134 Killed and 49 Injured); Smithfield Market (March, 110 Killed and 123 Injured); Deptford (flats and houses, March 1945, 52 Killed and 32 Injured); Brentford (houses, March 1945, 30 Killed and 100 Injured).
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