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Monday, June 06, 2011

Nimrod U-turn blunder set to cost UK hundreds of millions

Nimrod Maritime Patrol AircraftThe UK Government is considering plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on a replacement for the Nimrod spy planes that were axed last year.

The Sunday Herald understands the Ministry Of Defence may buy Boeing P-8s from America to solve the capability gap left by the cancellation of the Nimrods – a move that has already cost the country billions.

SNP MP Angus Robertson accused the MoD of presiding over a “cack-handed” defence policy.

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