Should we be asking what use is a short range fighter that has no air to air refuelling support or any decent AEW?
Glojo, all at the highest possible cost...but expense always equals good value for money and a damn good product, hence why our decision to go for Typhoon over the strike eagle has resulted in a true war-winner from the get go!!
You should be looking forward to the next eye-wateringly expensive clusterf**k that will come out of the carrier saga; the bespoke one-of-a-kind V22 AEW will definitely be inferior to the tried and tested E2, but that's okay because horrendously expensive = the best