Radar not functioning. Hmm. Really?
An aircraft that has only one purpose which is to be an airborne radar and they were going flying without the radar?
I think not. Did it perhaps have limited functionality?
Just quoting MoDs own reports tourist. The outgoing aircraft didn't have her mission system fired up because of a software loading snag meaning no radar (switch on standby), no JTIDS (the problem software) and limited IFF as the radar wasn't working. No JTIDS meant no JTIDS voice and there was a fault in the GPS so not known if UHF radios working. I guess thats why the question was asked about how long you put up with this before aborting. If you know better...
Puzzled you keep denying MoD have said things in open source reports.