>> Mdf said it all for me, the thing would get blown out of the sky
>> if it ever came up against a proper airforce in true wartime conditions... Waste of
>> money.
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So what about C130/Sentry/A400/KC135/Orion/ The beloved P8 that doesn't work and all the other large, unarmed aircraft.
In a warzone they don't go out alone. They are part of a 'package' and with four jet engines you can run away faster than you can with four turbo-props.
This thread is a good example of why Governments can get away with perverse decisions such as this and also proves the threory that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Just a reminder for those that criticise the Nimrod as a 1950's airliner then sing the praises of Orion. Orion is based on the 1950's Lockheed Electra airliner, which failed as the engines had a habit of falling off. It was converted into an MPA. It is now suffereing serious fatigue problems because of the low level environment it works in . Nimrod MR2 still had many thousands of hours of fatigue life left, but was withdrawn anyway. The airframe was ideal for the environment it worked in.
There is no doubt BAe have taken the proverbial for a long time now. But the failing is succesive Governments for signing contracts with lots of get-out clauses and constatntly changing the specs halfway through build. Then Gormless Gordon chose to delay it and reduce numbers.
Lots of tabloid nonsense on this thread, but facts are often ignored for a good rant.
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