while obviously a good proportion of this is for a purely domestic audience, surely they are raising this as they also perceieve military weakness?
i'm not sure i agree with their conclusion, but perhaps sending another handful of Typhoons and a few GR4's would put the matter well and truly beyond doubt - we all know that without SHAR a second task force is going to be a nightmare, so why no move to boost the current air defences (both for military and political deterence)?