Forgive my ignorance, I usually hange around on the Flypast forum! but I have never understood why tried and tested airframes such as the Buccaneer, Victor, Vulcan, Phantom and Canberra e.t.c. are not simply built again but using 21st century technology????
I know that there is a demand for stealth and stuff like that which requires newly designed airframes, but as other peope have said, nothing can really beat a canberra Pr9 for recon or a Buccanner for low level strike.
I know that the market may not be stong enough to supply air forces with new build a/c like these, but I the present world climate, I think that a reduction in armed forces, especially air forces is sheer folly….
Perhaps one day we may need long range strategic bombers (with stand off capability) in large numbers again, for when the entire middle east goes ‘militant’. When the oil dries up, I reckon they will….
Paul.
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