Originally Posted by
keesje
There always options.
Thats also the risk that overspecification, overcommitment to the national industry and baseless optimism turns into another multi billion disaster..
I'm tempted to say "oh god, not that again....." - an airframe that's been out of production for 10+ years, and a drawing whose provenance is doubtful (I'd be surprised if it came from BAE).
tanker, strategic transport, tactical transports used to be mutually incompatible roles, now the RAF has them on order
Ummm, Voyager, C-17, A400M - yes, those are the same airframe.....