I was going to ask for a link - but then remembered that "The Times" now requires a subscription to view their material on the internet - thereby immediately reducing the credibility of their information.
If I had to make an entirely uninformed guess - maybe it is some surreptitious leak by Murdoch put out by the RAF to justify their spending on Typhoon? And maybe just ahead of Farnborough 2010 opportunity to showcase Typhoon air-defence capability?
Last edited by Trim Stab; 9th Jul 2010 at 20:26.