single-role bombers such as the GR9 are of little use enforcing a no-fly zone after dark or if it's IMC!
As useful as the GR4. Yes, the Harrier would have had Brimstone. Yes it could have been there on day one. We should still have both Tornado and Harrier.
Now, if Incapability Brown's jobs-for-Jocks aircraftless carriers were to have decent number of F-18E/F/G embarked..
This is the whole point for the future. How useful would an actual multirole aircraft be that could fly from land and sea???? Crazy talk