Upgraded ASRAAM contract

[Rhino power]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/m...to-air-missile

-RP

[Courtney Mil]

Very good news.

I can't believe the MoD has to use YouTube to stream it's little video clips, though!

[glad rag]

Whilst welcome, I'd rather it had been an immediate purchase of Meteor for the Typhoon IMHO

Still it's good news.

gr

[Courtney Mil]

At least the Meteor firings are going ahead, GR.

[salad-dodger]

Meteor? I worked on the project when it was BVRAAM, before the name Meteor, and whilst still in competitive tender phase. I'm not certain, but didn't it have an ISD of around 2008? Any sign of it entering service this decade?

S-D

[Wander00]

Wot, are we bringing back the Meatbox? Wonderful!

[downsizer]

Originally Posted by glad rag

Whilst welcome, I'd rather it had been an immediate purchase of Meteor for the Typhoon IMHO

Why?

We already have them. They are being stored in depot, we just haven't got a platform that can fire them yet!