genuine question...
its an issue i've long thought about, but i'd be very interested in other peoples views: would the UK have been more secure (in both the strategic and tactical sense), if we had decided 'fcuk British' and bought F-15A and F-111in the late 70's, and then F-15C and F-15E, instead of going for Tornado and then Typhoon, or Arleigh Burke AAW Destroyers instead of T42 - for example?
in such cases it looks to be a toss up between getting military capabilities 10/15/20 years earlier, vs the loss of tens of thousands of high skill jobs and the sovereign capability to supply yourself.
Ppruners views?