It is now common knowledge that the Harriers were axed purely as a cost saving!!! Figures were presented to our lords and masters which were accepted. Game, set and match. I wonder how much the Bar bill is in the local taverns of Gioia del Colle?
If it is a case of chopping either the Tornado or the Harrier then hard decisions had to be made. It was surely up to the Royal Navy to present their own case to justify retaining this option.
I wonder if the same decisions would have been made if the events in Libya had unfolded before the SDSR?
