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Old 13th Jan 2016, 13:05
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Please note that the Typhoon was never designed as a Tornado F3 replacement, that was supposed to be a different programme. The Typhoon was designed under AST414 as a Jaguar and F4 replacement, with the operating location as an F4 AD replacement being in Germany in the CR and in the southern North Sea, as such iit was designed for combat with the Mig-29, hence the need for agility.

It was intended the F3 would be replaced with another long range twin seat interceptor for NQRA/Atlantic fleet defence tasks.

It was only after the end of the cold war and the demise of the UK F-4 force that the plan changed to replace the Lightning/F3 force in order to keep the programme going and maintain production share.
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