SEAD and AI; ALARM and stormshadow are both supposed to be integrated into typhoon.
I remember the questions that were being asked before GR4 was due to take over from 7/9 on the afghan tasking. Things like response times, AAR altitudes, fuel use, mission abort rate, servicability and detachment footprint were arguments against the deployment but the question quickly evolved from what is best? To what is acceptable? The FAF were doing it with super e and F1-no pod 1 bomb. So as the question moves beyond capability comparison it comes down to efficiency savings: if wittering has to stay open as an A4 hub, why not keep jets there? Are there any other similar arguments for keeping lossie/marham open?