I agree completely, however like we always do in the military we make do with what we get, which is invariably out of date and the cheapest derivative, made cripplingly expensive by making it in the UK. This is the same with the Eurofighter but will hopefully not happen with the JSF as the American's won't stand for it. The Eurofighter is extremely capable and we will of course put British pilots into it and make it into one of the best forces in the world as we do with all our aircraft, it's just frustrating what we could become with the right funding and the right political backing.