"Oh Harry. I'm convinced you're just on here to pi$$ people off. And, frankly, you're not even that good at that.
I REALLY don't think you need post any more. You haven't a clue about maritime, MPA or any future MMA."
If you WANT to restrict the thread to those who just keep crying over the loss of heavyweight MPA capability (as opposed to a modified EADS CASA C-235) I understand.
Believe it or not I think the loss of the Nimrod capability was a criminal mistake for a country like ours and that something needs to be done ASAP to replace at least some of that capability.
HOWEVER - I live in the real world - I see what the politicians and press say, I listen to the average Joe in the street and TBH NO-ONE CARES ABOUT AN MPA
We have to try and convince, by hook or by crook, the Treasury to stump up for something new - we might succeed if we can keep the cost down - but wailing over what we had is never going to convince anyone.
Time to move on
If you want to celebrate the past there is always the History & Nostalgia pages