There is a lot of willy waving and finger pointing going on, but has anyone established yet why the programme was cancelled?
Is it because;
a. Fears over safety / unwillingness to sign a Release
b. A policy decision that UK no longer need the Nimrod's undoubted capabilities
c. Treasury strop over cost escalation / incompetence
d. VSOs couldn't be bothered / concentrated on FJs
e. AN Other
May I suggest you can't fight your corner or make informed comment until this is clarified.
Given the Chinook HC Mk3 ("gold-standard cock-up" according to Public Acounts Committee) only wasted a few hundred million, can we look forward to a far reaching inquiry into N2000/RMPA/MRA4? Perhaps that would be the forum to re-affirm the requirement.