"Brett" wrote in message ...

The RAF dropped the BK27 cannon from their Typhoon's because it was
supposedly "too expensive". The defense budget may be large it isn't
bottomless.

But that wasn't 'too expensive' compared with another gun: that was
'too expensive' to have a gun at all - a very different conclusion.

Tony Williams
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