BritAir wrote
Surely an Aircraft Carrier in the Med would be more 'cost effective' (than 4 Tornados having to be refuelled to fly 3000 miles to drop a few bombs
The Tornado GR4s are deploying the Storm Shadow cruise missile. It has only been cleared for Tornado to carry. It wasn't part of the Harrier GR inventory.
RAF - CASOM/Storm Shadow
TJ