One has to wonder how long the all ready paid for Nimrod MR4 fleet could have operated for on the budget to buy 5 of these things plus all the extra junk associated with the purchase........ one thinks quite a while.
Burton would be the ideal base for the MOD as it is the furthest point in the UK from any coastal area...... and of course as there is not a base there, further funds could be squandered in providing one......