Missing the capability 50% of your country's smart, ambitious, young talent seems like a pretty bad idea to me.

Came out of a disasterous marriage and after 9 months dating around using OKC and POF and having a general fuckathon (thanks Geekymitch - I'm stealing that one), I left England for Australia, where I embraced Tinder.

There's going to be a lot of 10 year olds suddenly getting a brief increase in their bank balances...

Probably more the politicians, but luckily this is at least 3 election cycles away so by the time it becomes worthy of their attention, the final product should be ready!

True, that would have been marvellous...

Just look for the body missing his testicles...

the A-10 is the Michelle Rodriguez of the flying world. Stunning, packs one hell of a punch and not someone to be fucked with...

As usual Gizmodo misses the whole story and the commentariat provides the rest..

I'm reasonably confident his comment was tongue in cheek...

Thanks for the piece, insightful as always mate.

I've been around since forever, but never followed by iO9 - to be fair I rarely post, but it would be nice to have my posts visible and to take part in the debate.

"this Turkish Otobar Cobra"

erm... That's Turkey, they have a lot of sand and troublesome neighbours.

The next logical evolution:

A disabled but still repairable ship requires a tow from another ship. Expense, logistics, all taken up.

Haha, they had a slightly larger one for their one night world tour:

This sounds a bit like the exploits of Hereward the Wake - actually a real character in English history - try reading Conquest by Stuart Binn

Fair point, well made.

You may wish to read a little further than one of Britain's more incompetent Defence Ministers... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…

Well, wonders will never cease, the French are bowing to global political opinion instead of making a buck...