But for the UK one of the biggest gaps in the arsenal is that left by the withdrawal of Nimrod and its primary role was........ ASW! Even CAS' statement indicates that.
OK, Nimrod was too expensive and P-8 is too expensive. So apparently its better to have zero MPA and zero MSA capability than to have just an MSA capability.
Quote: “The aircraft has to be able to take on a wide variety of missions, be versatile, adaptable, interoperable and easily upgradable.”
sounds very much like a silver bullet to me.
Maybe. Or it may describe Boeing's MSA, which is NOT a silver bullet.