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Byker
August 7th 18, 10:44 PM
On 6 Aug 2018 13:53:05 -0700, Miloch >
wrote:
>
> https://www.wired.com/story/uk-very-british-tempest-fighter-jet/
>
>Tally-ho, chocks away, and jolly good show: The UK’s new Tempest fighter
>jet will be a decidedly British affair. In July, the UK’s Ministry of
>Defense announced its new jet will be developed almost exclusively on
>British soil. The Brits hope the airplane will exhibit the country's
>military prowess even as it exits the European Union, and as its
>traditional defense partners and longtime allies in the United States back
>into isolationism.

The same was said about the much-ballyhooed TSR-2...

R2D2
August 13th 18, 06:36 PM
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:44:39 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

>On 6 Aug 2018 13:53:05 -0700, Miloch >
>wrote:
>>
>> https://www.wired.com/story/uk-very-british-tempest-fighter-jet/
>>
>>Tally-ho, chocks away, and jolly good show: The UK’s new Tempest fighter
>>jet will be a decidedly British affair. In July, the UK’s Ministry of
>>Defense announced its new jet will be developed almost exclusively on
>>British soil. The Brits hope the airplane will exhibit the country's
>>military prowess even as it exits the European Union, and as its
>>traditional defense partners and longtime allies in the United States back
>>into isolationism.
>
>The same was said about the much-ballyhooed TSR-2...

But one at least flew, only to be shotdown by politics...

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