Thread by @FTusa284

Thanks to @nicholadrummond for nudging my addled brain!

Ajax Scout: spend to March 31 2021 £3.47bn
Nimrod MRA4 on cancellation 2010: £3.36bn

Ajax Scout = @BritishArmy Nimrod MRA4

Before anyone says, "without it, there will be a capability gap!" Wake up: that gap is already there with a programme/system that does not work, and has little likelihood of doing so...

And, again, before anyone says that £3.36bn in 2010 money is £4.4bn in 2020 money, so, we should spend even more with a failed programme to ensure that we meet another failure?

Question for the @DefenceHQ /@BritishArmy: did Ajax Scout pass the independent Gateway 4 Review? If so, make a public statement to that effect. If not, admit it. Remember: you're spending taxpayers' money, not your own... @RishiSunak @hmtreasury

Further, can we get detail: IOC of Ajax is 30 June 2021. a) will this be met, b) what does IOC mean? Is it just delivery of vehicles, or is it in-service, deployable vehicles/sub-units? If you can't answer this, then it is fair to assume that the programme is in trouble.