£200 million to scrap Nimrod

[doodab]

It's a bloody good tune imo!

He's right.

[suityou01]

had a few cans, and sneaked up on Mrs EO. pulled me keks down and shouted 'Prepare to be attacked by the the new weapon system. NIMROD' <jerky hip thrusts>

Mrs EO <looks up and down disadainfully> 'it's no good.'

'It's got a wobbly warhead'

Ah yes, brewer's droop.

[suityou01]

It's a great name for something though. Nimrod.
Nimrod.

Bully's have used it for years to nickname big nosed fellow schoolmates.

[EternalOptimist]

I like it. "Norman Nimrod bites yer legs"

Or what about a car called the Hillman Nimrod?

had a few cans, and sneaked up on Mrs EO. pulled me keks down and shouted 'Prepare to be attacked by the the new weapon system. NIMROD' <jerky hip thrusts>

Mrs EO <looks up and down disadainfully> 'it's no good.'

'It's got a wobbly warhead'

[Churchill]

It's a bloody good tune imo!

[Doggy Styles]

It's a great name for something though. Nimrod.
Nimrod.

I like it. "Norman Nimrod bites yer legs"

Or what about a car called the Hillman Nimrod?

[amcdonald]

UAVs a lot cheaper - soon pilots won't be flying proper.

Nah some bright spark will suggest cheap disposable planes flown by bobs would be cheaper

[zeitghost]

We (and the Septics) had the Sherman tank.

The Germans called it the TommyCooker.

Who said they have no sense of humour?

[RichardCranium]

I wonder how much of that is compensation to BAE.

And they'll only give it to the Saudis to bribe them to buy the Next Big Thing.

[AtW]

UAVs a lot cheaper - soon pilots won't be flying proper.

[EternalOptimist]

It's a great name for something though. Nimrod.
Nimrod.

We should call our next weapon system Nimrod, just to use the name.

Maybe we could train underwater sniffer dogs, to look for al quaeda mines attached to the hulls of ships , and call them 'Nimrod dogs'

that would be cool. Mind you, the Brits have always been good at naming things, like we had the Harrier jump jet, the dull yanks had the AV8

we had the Centurion tank, the Indians called it the Mk7

[zeitghost]

Oh well, so the last bunch of ****wits get replaced with this bunch of ****wits.

It was ever thus.

[TykeMerc]

I wonder how much of that is compensation to BAE.

Any ideas?

Probably most of it. BAES got badly burned in the past by spending a lot on platform specific development only to have the project cancelled before final purchase, they very sensibly build in exit fees. It's been that way for years and is part of the bid/offer/contract procedure.

MRA4 development and tooling up had taken multiple years with numerous requirement changes from the customer.

[EternalOptimist]

I wonder how much of that is compensation to BAE.

Any ideas?

What other costs will there be ?

transport to chopping site
chop them up
cannibalize for parts
dispose of whats left
write a report


maybe 50 milion

which leavers 150 million compo



total guesswork

[Churchill]

I wonder how much of that is compensation to BAE.

Any ideas?