If US products are unsatisfactory, don’t buy them. If we are refused, cancel our order. We wouldn’t loose any workshare, as it is given to investors, which we are.
The UK still has an aerospace industry, and given some extra funds could develop new aircraft that we need, such as a Harrier II instead of the JSF. We could also buy Rafale if we so wished, and I am sure the Russians have a few Su35s spare if we get desperate.
Absolutely agree, though it would be Harrier III. 😮 Alternatively fly Harriers from them till 2020 and then put newly developed BAe UCAVs onto them. 🙂
On the nuclear issue, I say go it alone. We need a UK controlled deterrent, pure and simple.
I think this should only be done if we don’t get a good deal on a Trident replacement (with UK warheads) as the UK has no expertise in large rocket
design/manufacture and thus it would be terribly expensive.
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