Declaración temible del jefazo de la RAF: Air Chief Marshal, Sir Glenn Torpy.
No sé si confirmada o no.
- Que RU planea quedarse sólo con unos 120 EFAs (la mitad de lo planeado de 230) y vender el resto a otros países para pagar la deuda.
Malditos pérfidos
Lo que hace la crisis, madre mía... estos ingleses están hundiéndose (le está pasando a todas las ramas de sus Ejércitos)... y no unirse al Euro... ¡malditos!
La parte buena (dentro del desaguisado):
- Que algunos oficiales antiguos opinan que el EFA es un derroche de dinero, más propio de la Guerra Fría.
Pero el Jefazo de la RAF niega eso completamente, aseverando que no son más que tonterías. Que no hay ningún caza mejor que el EFA, exceptuando el F-22 que es significativamente más caro. Que el EFA es un verdadero multirol. Y que la gente que opina esas cosas del Eurofighter no tiene ni idea de lo que es capaz de hacer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... power.htmlSir Glenn, 55, heaped praise upon the Typhoon, the RAF's controversial multi-role combat jet, which, like the carriers, has been widely dismissed by many senior officers as a waste of money.
The RAF chief said that anyone '' including his fellow senior officers '' who suggested that the aircraft was a waste of money was speaking "rubbish".
He also revealed for the first time that the Typhoon force will consist of around 123 jets and not the 232 as originally planned.
The RAF will only receive just over half the original number of the 232 Typhoons which were originally ordered, the rest will be sold to foreign allies to help pay for the cost of the aircraft.
Privately, many senior officers believe that the aircraft is a Cold War relic and a waste of money. But Sir Glenn dismissed these claims as "rubbish", adding that it was "disappointing" to learn that such smears were being peddled from within the Ministry of Defence.
He added: "There is no other aircraft better than the Typhoon except for a US F22 Raptor and an F22 is significantly more expensive. Typhoon is truly multi-role, it is a world class aeroplane. It is absolute rubbish to call it a cold war relic and that just demonstrates that people do not understand what the aircraft does."
Además de eso, parece ser que Lockheed vuelve a intentar eliminar la opción de motorización de Rolls Royce para el F-35... pues no les tocan ni nada las narices a los ingleses con el Lightning II... (se lo merecen, por tocar tanto las narices ellos con el Eurofighter)
Chao