“The Royal Navy is looking to buy a fleet of maritime patrol aircraft for up to £1 billion just weeks after the MoD scrapped the new Nimrod aircraft at a cost of £3.6 billion”.
Well, that is an interesting and novel idea! The Navy taking over the task of patrolling the oceans from the air! Dare I suggest that there is more than a smidgen of logic and practical common sense in the proposal? For that reason alone it is probably doomed and we can look forward to the next suggestion that the RAF should take over operation of the aircraft carriers.
Bets on the P8 anyone?