and hopefully that posture will be steadier than what we have been observing - leaving i.a. the army fleets with mass obsolescense - as the plane will be eating massively into budgets overRon5 wrote: need to fight for its place in the government’s upcoming Integrated Review of the nation’s future foreign policy and defense posture
, ie. the opportunity cost will be si high that the impact will be felt across all services.Ron5 wrote:in 2026-50
While I applaud the figures, in Typhoon's case jumping in the figures to the very high share of exports knowingly omits the fact that a big part of that number has already shown up in importsRon5 wrote:15% share in the Lockheed Martin F-35 program is expected to net £35 billion over the life of the program, while its share in Typhoon has brought in another £28.2 billion.
“The combat air sector has contributed on average 80% of defense exports, so it has been a very successful sector
... but if one is in promotion mode, overstating the case is allowable, I guess