Re: re: anything to add
Not again...
As I and others have pointed out on more than one occasion, the UK intended the Eurofighter (Typhoon) to be a replacement for the RAFs Jaguars (amongst others).
The Jaguar is a ground attack aircraft.
Typhoon was designed to replace a ground attack aircraft.
Typhoon was designed to be a ground attack aircraft.
The actual implementation of that capability was delayed because it wasn't a priority, and the Cold War ended (apparently), and defence budgets amongst the partner nations were slashed, leaving not a great deal of funds for defence spending relative to what the people in charge wanted to spend money on.
However, Typhoon is and always has been capable of fulfilling the ground attack role.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
