Could one reuse the typhoon design in some way? Presumably it is expensive for some good reasons but I wonder what they are and whether you could drop them for an aircraft not intended for air superiority?
The lines are running so presumably there might be some economy in designing an aircraft that was similar.
It's well known that they're giving Typhoon a level of ground attack capability. The real questions are whether that's ever going to be enough, will it be available in time, will it be all we need once Tornado GR4s finally retire, will it be better / worse than GR4s?
If they can do all that, then Typhoon could be a really good replacement for Tornado. However, if we're to take Wikipedia at face value, Tornado can carry 1.5 tons more payload than Typhoon. In the ground attack role, I reckon tonnage counts.