Nimrod spy planes had been mainstays of the RAF's reconnaissance fleet since the late 1960s and had a central role in anti-submarine warfare, when they were scrapped with an upgrade programme running nine years late and £800 million over budget Photo: Alamy
The P-1 has a characteristic tail prong that acts as a metal detector for submarines. | REUTERSthat plane looks so ... British.
UK is scrambling after the embarrassment of having to call for help from FRANCE, to look for a suspect Russian sub that was witnessed DEEP inside UK territorial waters, near their submarine base.
Liberalism and welfare vote-buying has consequences.
My, how the mighty have fallen.
” Nimrod” planes?
Geeze like the Tower of Babel?
One of the many silly aspects of this is that the Nimrod was not only still doing its job superbly well after so many years, but the first batch of a much-updated version was almost complete when the axe fell. They were all destroyed.