The order for the Boeing-made Chinooks, worth up to £1bn in additional MoD spending, will be spread over 10 years, but some new helicopters could be available for Afghanistan within a year or two.
The "new" (10 years old but virginal) Chinook Mk3s?
within a year or two
Someone should tell him to press "zoom" on the Gantt chart or is this the new acquistion terminology for "We haven't a clue"?