... maybe as an RAF Base, but the Army may take it on return from Germany....

Mr Cameron has just confirmed it is cancelled.

So, for all of those who have been saying we can't not have Nimrod MRA4..............


Please tell me when the world will stop turning, because we are indeed going to not have it.

thank god we're not an island nation.

Can we lock this thread now?

:uhoh:

PN, shall we lock it up in a hangar at ISK?

Remember all of those 'experimental' aeroplanes that you looked at in books when you were a kid. The MRA4 is what the next generation will be looking at.

A what would have been. An experimental aircraft that never actually happened. A TSR.2.

Best we man the coastline with Bino's looking for snorts!

RIP British maritime aviation.

Unbelievable. Are McDonalds recruiting? You did well to leave this mess behind Doha Lad.

Maybe BAE should just sell the things commercially? Sure someone would have them... :ugh: Or are they bought and paid for so ours to scrap and turn wasted billions into razor blades?? :yuk:

Bob Ainsworth just asked how the cancellation of Nimrod renders Trident "less than invulnerable".

Cameron totally skated over that, by focussing on the other point he made.

Wonder how our nation will protect our seaborne assets with shorter-ranged helicopters flying from fewer ships... :hmm:

Borrowing French MPA capacity...? Viable?

Maybe give Mr. O'Leary a call and see if he'd be willing to airfix some P-8A-esque antennae onto his -800s. Who knows, it might fool the Albanian state washing machine company.

I/C

Whilst continuation of the GR4 means the navigation system will continue, cancellation of the MRA4 spells the end of the traditional navigation training.

I wonder when we'll next dredge up the Nimrod as a future platform, and for what purpose...

Nimrod AEW3...RIP
Nimord MRA4...don't worry, lightning never strikes twice...bugger, it just has
Nimrod KC5, anyone?

In all seriousness, sincere condolences to all those involved in the MRA4 programme - what an appalling mistake today's announcement is.

My sincere sympathies to all RAF personnel & their families at Kinloss. I imagine that it's a very sad base tonight & that many of you are extremely worried about your futures. I wish I could find words of comfort but for once in my life I'm afraid I'm speechless.

Words fail me...... :ugh:

I do hope we don't regret this decision. I really feel for all at Kinloss.

An incomprehensible decision,
given that the sealanes are still our main (almost exclusive) source of supply - but then, politicians have NEVER understood defence, so this is just one more in an unending series of stupid decisions. The hard learned lesson - that nothing can be done on sea or land without effective air cover - has been forgotten yet again.

Traditionally there is usually some crisis somewhere down the turnpike that shows the decisions of the previous x years to have been shortsighted, let's hope we get away with it for once.

Sympathies to all the hard working MPA guys, I guess I won't be getting a Duncs flypast anytime soon then. I've been out 10 years now, and I'm still gutted... I hope you all find a better path through life.

Dave

Ditto Fincastle.

Sad days and the end of a long and distinguished era. My thoughts are with you all at ISK.

In the words of Blackadder "Bugger!"

Should this topic now be scrapped?