Some of the people who comment on there as well, mad as a shoebox full of wasps....
Do they not google before spouting off complete carp?
Sharkeys' blog comments:-
TheRagingTory,
-- We could have integrated all of our weapons onto harrier and typhoon with plenty of change left over if we retired Tornado.
I'm afraid not. Try approaching BAE Systems and asking them to integrate a weapon earlier than you originally asked for - and be prepared for a bill stretching into the £1000s of millions. It as just as easy as you intimate - unfortunately not as cheap, given the monopoly position held by our "favoured" supplier.
Alternatively, Hansard:-
Mr. Quentin Davies: The cost of developing the original Brimstone Missile System was £370 million. Dual Mode Seeker (DMS) Brimstone was developed as a variant of the original Brimstone system. Development costs specifically for the DMS variant amounted to about £10 million.