Excellent news for India , France , Dassault and its partners .
But not for me 😡
I NEVER wanted the Rafale to be sold abroad , but that ‘s just me …

Cheers.

… because now all your techs are sending to India? 😀 😮

The manned global hawk needs a loo

“He said he’s already got one”

Src: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY

today, that is certain, but in two to three years, who can say if they’ll still be in office? or what political climate there will be by then? a,d how will the f-35 evolve during that time?..

Cameron will be yeah, Sarkozy might not but the damage has been done, and I doubt his successor would be willing to go to the extent required to repair that damage to the point where such a purchase would be a decent PR move for the Brit government! The political climate in the UK is one of ever increasing hostility to the European Union, for the same reasons as ever really. People view the EU as France/Germany dictating to them, and they aren’t liking it. Take a look at the Euro-Barometer stats 🙂

British public opinion on the veto of the EU treaty….

In favour: 62%
Neutral: 19%
Against: 19%

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072616/David-Cameron-got-right-Most-voters-agree-PM-vetoing-EU-treaty-changes.html

I think it’s quite clear that in the current political and social climate, any procurement of French fighter aircraft is pretty much out of the question. It just won’t go down well with the public, the media and certainly won’t be any good for Dave Cameron and the Conservative party.

…and Exocet missiles. And last time I visited the Aster production line, it was in France. Milan was a joint French/Germany programme.

Really? Which RN ship is the Exocet deployed on?

Aerospace forums are mostly populated by grumpy middle aged men under the impression they are right and everyone else is wrong. Just ignore them 😎

Sure, benefits have come about because of spending on the Olympics, this is obvious, nobody disputes this, if you spend billions on stuff in a city there will likely be benefits. The question is could the money have had a greater effect invested in something else? Could it have been put to greater effect by helping SMEs by for example lowering the cost of fuel?

I understand that Landlords are asking the folks who are renting their properties in the surrounding area to vacate their properties ASAP, as the landlords can hire out the properties for exhorbitant prices due to overseas visitors to the games.
Makes you proud to be a Brit don’t it ?.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

I’ve heard this too, there’s also the special treatment for the Olympic family… maybe they will have separate drinking fountains, toilets, and you will have to move to let them sit down on the bus too? 😎

Even if the US can’t spare any, other F18 operators may be able to supply some? Although they might need some modifications for carrier ops.

@Arthur Pewtey
But still a very inefficient way to regenerate an area.