the replacement for Tornado GR is still
TBD
Unless, of course, someone has leaked information .... wouldn't be the first time in recent years that "advance" information has been leaked to the broadsheets by "disgruntled" staff officers or civil servants
Looking at some of the recent posts, particularly from hulahoop7, if the MOD were never going to procure more than the current GR9 force, and given that the JCA buy (I guess) won't include an attrition fleet (or perhaps should if what LowObservable says is correct) how were they ever going to provide enough aircraft for 2 carriers from 50 airframes (which includes an OCU/OEU and aircraft in maintenance)? Or was the intention never to do so? I assume the second carrier is therefore to cover times when the first is in refit.