I have to say I reckon Duncan Sandys was an enemy of anthing on ' our side ' that flew ( though I know it's not popular to say, I think the TSR2 was a no-brainer, as poven by the Tornado ) - must have been a chum of ' Dr.' Beechng - who destroyed much of rhe U.K.train network with the same sort of thinking.
Hitler / Stalin would have been proud of them - and it doesn't matter which particular colour they ( politicians ) were wearing...
As for UCAV's, to state the obvious, " Hell Sir the screen just went blank ! " Seems a lot better than sending a vulnerable rescue team in...
Last edited by Double Zero; 24th Sep 2009 at 21:24.