OK _ let me get this straight....
...the RAF is buying a "new" aircraft based on an airframe designed in the 1940's, where all the original jigs and production tooling were probably all recycled into razor blades in the '60's.
The airframes are ALL non-standard. The wings may/may not fit and to cap it all they are tying to sell this to REAL airforces like the USN who wouldn't buy foreign unless their pants were on fire.
What next - obvioulsy the Tornado replacement is going to be TSR2, the Hawk is going to be replaced by reengined Gnats and the Chinook replacement will all be Sycamores with T700's obviously.
Do BAe/MOD actually DO drug testing?