Squirrel 41,
I am not defending the pi$$ poor programme management of BAE and I think products should fight in the market place on a level playing field, which in the military world is highly unlikely. But if there is a market we should encourage homegrown products and manage them well. The company should take the risk and prove that the product is worth having. But don’t write it off before its even started. That’s the problem in the UK we are to quick to criticise and even quicker to moan when we have no industry left. I don’t think we would see similar comments from US or French citizens regarding their industry.