A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
The simple fact of the matter is the MOD has buried its head in the sand over Ariel Delivery over the last 15 years once the "eye catching" CDS and Para were inservice, the K 1960's tech, with an even older floor solved all the problems with our AD capability. Now with the loss of the K someone's woken up realised were much less capable, and is now going to spend a fortune sorting it out, AD is a very expensive business as all of you who are or were involved would know. What ever system they choose... It won't be cheap. Shame they didn't make the J as capable as the K in AD terms whilst they had 15 years to sort it.... Surprised. ahhh no. And the major difference between the J and the C17 is they started with a concept... The Abrahams tank, built the back end with experienced loadmasters then built a plane around it. If the J had been built in the same way...minus big tank then it to would be as good... Alas it wasn't .