The new Labour government in the UK predictably ordered a new defence review. Excitable national media journalists soon wrote that the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) aka Tempest might be scrapped, citing comments by the Prime Minster and the Armed Forces Minister. Actually they said nothing of the sort, but as I wrote previously here, … Continue reading TEMPEST SHOULD INDEED BE REVIEWED
Author: Chris Pocock
Chris Pocock is a British full-time writer, specialising in defence aerospace. He was the defence editor of AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS for 30 years until retiring in mid-2018. He lectures and writes about intelligence-gathering during the Cold War, particularly by spy planes.
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