Britain set to slash its armed forces

Tchocky · 09-14-10, 05:15 PM

If the RAF can find a buyer for all those excess Typhoons, then it may survive. The Typhoon is a great aircraft, but I can't see it's place beyond a LGB/Brimstone truck and occasional Bear-pusher.
The RAF certainly doesn't need two hundred of them.
I'm not sure what they want with the F-35 either, to be honest. If you want to get a decent warload or range out of it, then stealth is compromised with external stores. If that, why pay for a stealth aircraft anyway?

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	If the RAF can find a buyer for all those excess Typhoons, then it may survive. The Typhoon is a great aircraft, but I can't see it's place beyond a LGB/Brimstone truck and occasional Bear-pusher. The RAF certainly doesn't need two hundred of them. I'm not sure what they want with the F-35 either, to be honest. If you want to get a decent warload or range out of it, then stealth is compromised with external stores. If that, why pay for a stealth aircraft anyway? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]