Typhoon in the Telegraph

[Navaleye]

For those that have not seen it yet... here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/29/ntyphoon29.xml)

[Two's in]

Some real backhanded compliments here - 66 Million quid a copy for a plane to shoot down hijacked airliners or CAS missions - both roles using a weapon that the DPA saw fit not to fit, so we get to pay again for that. Wouldn't a couple a Hawks do a better job of that? Hardly a compelling endorsement of "smart procurement" is it. Still, Putin's getting all uppity again, so maybe it will get to shoot down all those Migs over the North Sea after all.

[henry crun]

A Group Captain O/C a squadron, how long has that been the norm ?

[A2QFI]

Henry, I think it possible that Grp Capt Mackay has been promoted and is awaiting posting. The Staish is Stu Atha, a top man, ex Harriers.

[Pontius Navigator]

And why Adam Lusher?

Could it be that one Thomas Harding is not as much in favour.

[6Z3]

a top man, ex Harriers
Now there's an oxymoron if ever I heard one!

[Safeware]

Had to laugh at Mike Turner's"Typhoon will cost the UK taxpayer nothing,"

So, by that logic, if we didn't have Typhoon, we'd have a huge budget hole?

sw

[dallas]

...CAS missions
I know he spent a couple of weeks getting spammed-up, but that's ridiculous!

[PPRuNeUser0211]

Safeware,

Think the point is that if we weren't buying typhoon, we wouldn't have the workshare and therefore wouldn't get the tax revenue we get from it, which is equal or greater than the amount being spent on it....

[Safeware]

pba,

I know what he was trying to get at. Just think that it is a bit rediculous to claim it will cost "nothing", like we should be so bloody grateful.

sw

[Confucius]

If it costs nothing why limit procurement to a couple of hundred*? Lets buy several thousand of the things.

* whatever, it doesn't matter before all you pedantic t****, you know who you are, get yer knickers in a twist