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Old 26th Mar 2011, 19:00
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Quite amazing to see the last vestiges of a credible RAF being used to plink tanks, but when you look at CAS's strategic priorities, there it is larger than life:

Introduce Typhoon into operational service and, as swiftly as possible, provide the aircraft with a robust all-weather multi-role capability
So we can check that box now.

Modern Elmo nailed it:

However, the Libya no fly zone is a useful festival for aerospace advertising, marketing and sales. It will probably end up being stimulative for Western economies, at least the manufacturing sectors thereof.
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