Justanopinion
I'm not trying to say that the Harrier has done a bad job it's just that I believe that Mr Dow is wrong in his letter. The Tornado is capable of achieving all of the good work that the Harrier has done prior to retirement from Afghanistan - my points were made to illustrate this.
BTW the way I've made 8 minutes in a Tornado from hooter to take off - the hangar was on the end of the runway though! Plus I'm sure a Harrier would be capable of the same.
Supersonic "yes", although to stay within the RTS you would need to ditch the tanks
LJ