Shadow Fleet Expansion + Upgrade

[RAFEngO74to09]

Fleet to be 8 - 2 new aircraft being acquired - and Defensive Aids System upgrade:

£110 million upgrade for RAF Shadow fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)

£110m upgrade for RAF Shadow fleet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

[Mil-26Man]

Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09

Fleet to be 8 - 2 new aircraft being acquired - and Defensive Aids System upgrade:

£110 million upgrade for RAF Shadow fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)

£110m upgrade for RAF Shadow fleet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

I thought the fleet already was eight.

[medod]

Giving a medium-altitude turboprop a DAS is interesting. Those things protect against shells now?

[Lynxman]

Already eight on the UK register, ZZ416 to ZZ419 and ZZ504 to ZZ507.

[waterbottle]

Originally Posted by medod

Giving a medium-altitude turboprop a DAS is interesting. Those things protect against shells now?

Not interesting at all, very common and for good reasons.

[MG]

I was working on this 3 years ago and it was common knowledge. Someone’s trying to make a news story where it simply doesn’t exist.