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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Bring back the Harrier fighter

SeaHarrierThe British-designed P1127 – the prototype Harrier fighter – first flew on October 21 1960, a date shared with Lord Nelson’s success at Trafalgar in 1805.

The situation developing in Ukraine and the Middle East may require, once again, everything this country can provide, including both new aircraft carriers.

Britain’s “next generation” fighter, the F-35, is not ready, not serviceable, not battle-proven and is so expensive that only small numbers are ordered.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous21/10/14 17:22

    to build new ones from scratch? Like the machinery has been preserved after 20 plus years.

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