"Tony Williams" wrote:
| "Brett" wrote in message
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| 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.
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| But that wasn't 'too expensive' compared with another gun: that was
| 'too expensive' to have a gun at all - a very different conclusion.

Well that would depend on when during the development process you
determined the cannon you had allocated space for and development effort
on was "too expensive". The conclusion you actually come to with the RAF
Typhoon's is that the RAF did not have an alternative "cheaper" weapon
that would fit in the space formerly occupied by the BK27 without any
airframe development effort and associated increased cost.