In December 1996, BAE Systems was awarded a £2bn contract for the remanufacturing of 21 Nimrod MR mk2 aircraft to the new Nimrod MRA4
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You are right mon vieux. fifteen years to put new donks and systems into existing airframes is preposterous. Then, to come out with only 9 jets instead of 21 just compounds the felony.
Oh well, it will make it that much easier to pick the winning crew for the Aird Whyte Trophy!