Interesting thread. The MPA as a capability has been disposed of (wrongly) and there is no programme for replacement in the future, yet we are paying to retain seedcorn and no-one is moaning (not even the RN)
There is another programme that is funded and the RN are retaining a seedcorn capability with the USN and FRN and yet I hear lots of moaning from the light blue (because they are not involved cos it means sea-time) - ah yes, it must be the CVF programme.