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Sunday, March 25, 2012

MoD tried to cover up selling Harrier jets to Americans for knock-down price of £112m after £600m refit

[Harrier jump-jet]The Ministry of Defence tried to cover up the fact its Harrier jump-jets were sold to the Americans for a knock-down price of £112million shortly after a £600million refit.

Secret correspondence seen by The Mail on Sunday shows that senior defence officials knew the move was likely to prove controversial, and they urged officials to stonewall awkward questions from the media.

The deal to sell the 74 Harriers, which were decommissioned as part of the 2010 Defence Review, was announced on November 16 last year, a month after Philip Hammond replaced Liam Fox as Defence Secretary.

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