Even allowing for the usual journalistic license of the Mail, this story of selling 72 Harriers to the USMC for £112M, shortly after a £600M upgrade appears to be the kind of Government thinking that gets us where we are today. Maybe there's a logical explanation for why you would give someone such a large discount...
MoD tried to cover up selling Harrier jets to Americans for knock-down price of £112m after £600m refit | Mail Online
The Ministry of Defence tried to cover up the fact its Harrier jump-jets were sold to the Americans for a knock-down price of £112million shortly after a £600million refit.
Secret correspondence seen by The Mail on Sunday shows that senior defence officials knew the move was likely to prove controversial, and they urged officials to stonewall awkward questions from the media.