A quote in the Telegraph on the day we started to destroy them:
Scrapping the RAF's £4bn Nimrod fleet 'risks UK security'
The scrapping of the RAF’s £4 billion fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft will create a “massive security gap”, the country’s leading military figures have warned.
No ****
Just a pity that some gentlemen with a little more clout who aren't retired (just yet) didn't stand up and comment when the opportunity was there. The silence from those within appeased and by default condoned a Govt decision that is dangerous. And it is because it is dangerous and risks UK security that these serving VSOs and senior CS within MoD should have broken ranks and made their views public.
Too late now; let's just wait until their autobographies hit the street I suppose.
DFM over &
out