The United Kingdom and Turkey have signed a deal worth up to £8 billion for 20 Typhoon fighter jets, securing around 20,000 British jobs and marking the largest UK fighter export agreement in nearly two decades, the government stated.

The deal was finalised during Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first official visit to Ankara, where he met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It is the first new order for UK-built Typhoons since 2017 and is expected to sustain production lines in Warton, Samlesbury, Bristol, and Edinburgh for years to come. The agreement also strengthens NATO’s air power and interoperability between the UK and Türkiye, according to the government.

Starmer described the agreement as “a win for British workers, a win for our defence industry, and a win for NATO security.” He added that the deal delivers “highly skilled, well-paid jobs” across the country and demonstrates the government’s “Plan for Change in action.”

The Typhoon programme currently supports thousands of jobs across the UK, including nearly 6,000 at BAE Systems sites in Lancashire, over 1,100 at Rolls-Royce in Bristol, and more than 800 at Leonardo’s radar manufacturing facility in Edinburgh. The UK is responsible for 37 percent of each aircraft’s production, with the remainder divided among the Eurofighter consortium partners in Germany, Italy, and Spain.

Defence Secretary John Healey, who accompanied Starmer to Ankara, said the export marks “the biggest jet exports deal in a generation.” He added that it will “pump billions of pounds into our economy and keep British Typhoon production lines turning long into the future,” while enhancing NATO’s collective deterrence.

Charles Woodburn, Chief Executive of BAE Systems, said Türkiye’s procurement “marks the start of a new chapter in our longstanding relationship with this important NATO ally.” He called the deal “an export success story” that would preserve sovereign defence skills and extend Typhoon production well into the next decade.

The first aircraft deliveries to Türkiye are expected in 2030. Typhoon jets currently form the backbone of the Royal Air Force’s combat air fleet, supporting missions including NATO air policing, homeland air defence, and Operation Shader in Iraq and Syria.

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  1. Great!

    We were expecting the announcement after all the different press speculations over the last few days. So do we now know the number and that there will be twenty new planes sold to Turkey from the UK? It certainly sounds like it.

    Might there be more planes be on the horizon if Qatar sells some of its planes to Turkey and goes for replacements?

    • The Qatari planes are relatively new. Were they supplied by UK ….or was it Italy. Do we know why the Qataris are considering ditching them?

      • UK. The RAF even operate them jointly with Qatar. I read one piece that suggested there would be 12 used Qatari planes going to Turkey and another that suggested that the last couple of new planes off the Warton production line, which had been bound for Qatar, would go to Turkey instead. The international press have been speculating all sorts on this one.

      • No concrete reasons as to the desire to sell, but there are plenty of rumours around a lack of satisfaction with the performance compared to their American and French equivalents, a need to reduce maintenance complexity and costs by cutting an aircraft from the fleet, a way of ingratiating themselves with Turkey, et cetera.

          • Hey Jim, hope you’re doing okay.

            I’m not one to assume someone’s level of reading comprehension, but did you miss the part where I called them ‘rumours’? Or alternatively, the part where I said there were ‘no concrete reasons’?

    • I’d wait to read the detailed info that will be briefed.

      There will probably be another announcement regarding the refurbished units.

      If I was guessing I’d say the Qatari units would be delivered fast with a light makeover and would then be cycled through and upgraded to the same spec as the new build units when they is drawing down.

    • Most sources say the order is for 20. The Daily Sabah says 12 delivered immediately and a further 28 over time. I saw another source which said 44. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the order increased.

      • The Daily Sabah also hints that the 12 Omani planes will be sold to Turkey and refurbished and updated in the UK prior to delivery. Also, apparently, the 12 immediate ones, are the new order from Qatar; they would be diverted from Qatar to Turkey and presumably Qatar would get theirs at a later date. so, if the the Daily Sabah is right, the final number could be 44, i.e., 12 immediately, diverted from the Qatari order, followed by 12 refurbished Omani ones and finally, the 20 new-builds from the UK. No mention of used RAF planes…

        • why are the omanis getting rid of them. they’ve only had them 5 minutes. they are virtually new – what refurb would they need?

        • Al Jazeera (which should know!) is reporting that Qatar will transfer 12 Typhoon’s (Tranche 3A standard, some almost brand new) to Turkey as early as next year (2026), so they can’t be new build. Apparently the President of Turkey traveled to Qatar last Tuesday (21/11) to personally tie up the deal with Emir. If – as some reports claim – Qatar is legally committed to buying 12 Tranche 4 Typhoon’s, it seems almost certain that they will be part of the 20 new build.

    • Yet more proof third country has lost the plot, there is a good reason Turkey hasn’t been allowed to buy the F35, nectar they are no longer a trusted partner… giving next generation weapons and planes to a potential future enemy is unwise to say the least, the only reason Turkey is in nato is because it was better to keep them close !!

      • The reasons for keeping Turkey in NATO are multiple and complex, but fundamentally they are the same ones they have always been.
        1. They control the Bosphorus and access to the Black Sea, or to be more accurate they control the access to the Mediterranean. Quite simply they can stop Russian Warships accessing the Med and threatening the Southern NATO members. We control the other end at Gib and any trying to go through suez are a dead duck.
        2. They have largest Army in NATO and as they have a very long History of conflict with Russia that threatens Russias southern borders so ties up resources away from CENTCOM.
        3. Turkey has really got the bit between its teeth and is now heading towards being a tier 1 Arms manufacturer.
        4. NATO like the EU has no mechanism to throw Turkey or anyone else and keeping Turkey in NATO avoids any possibility of them having a real shooting war with Greece.

        Turkey is in the Dog house with the US because it bought the S400 SAM system and they are concerned that its radars could be used to compromise the F35 tech. However that may about to change as Turkey isn’t too impressed with how the S400 has performed in Ukraine, it seems they may be ditching them and cosying up to Trump.

  2. Hi folks hope all is well.
    Well this is good news if it is corect. Whilst typing, GB News is reporting a different view on this matter. They are making reference that these are current RAF Typhoons, the old tranche 1? I’m confused is it new aircraft or old? Unless of course they are going to refurbish the old to 4th generation?
    Cheers
    George

    • At least GB a news is reporting it. I have just had a good look at the BBC website, business, local news and world news and there is no mention of it anywhere. Presumably selling nasty things like weapons doesn’t sit well with the powers that decide what we can see?

      • That’s of course why the BBC didn’t report on that large sale of warships to Norway, or the potential sale to Denmark. It’s because they don’t like to report on weapons sales, duh. That makes sense, thank you for clearing that up.

        • Except they did cover it. Search “Norway” on BBC news, article from 31st August, along with an article on this topic from about 8pm. BBC tends to publish stories later than many news sites because of the increased flak they get if they misreport things.

          The main reason you won’t see these articles without searching them out, is the average UK resident and BBC reader isnt all too interested in these matters. So the algorithm doesn’t push it to the BBC front page. Same with all other defence articles they publish, unless it sounds juicy to the layman.

    • 20 new from the UK. 24 old from Qatar and Oman. Omani are tranche 3a talk of an upgrade but not confirmed. 12 from Qatar not confirmed if the last 12(tranche4) or from the earlier Tranche 3 order

  4. No follow-up orders to bank economies of scale, Starmer? Of course not. Deeply unserious party and as a result, country

      • To be fair if they were produced at a commercial pace, rather than a deliberately slowed pace to keep the workforce busy, they would be a lot cheaper.

          • We are talking about *now* and an odder for 20 new build and 20 refurbs.

            And that does allow for faster than glacial delivery.

            Particularly as others are also building another 60 jets so we will be making 35% of 80ish jets – that does mean a pickup in pace!!

            • Yep.. add in another 30-40 New RAF jets to make a 130ish single seat typhoon fleet and you have a production line you can smash at max efficiency..knowing you will be flipping it in 5-8 years to 5th generation production.

    • The Defence review has made it clear there is no desire for more Typhoons in UK service. Countries ordering Typhoons are doing so primarily because they have no F35 option.

      • Eh Jim so Italy doesn’t operate both and has ordered more of both as has Germany, only reason we aren’t is because we have ordered nothing whatsoever that wasn’t in the last Equipment plan as we are spending nothing extra on our own defence !
        Bottom line is Rachel from accounts says “computer says no”.

        Maybe the long awaited DIP will change something. And if it includes more Typhoons ……. I’ll remind you 🤪

    • Maybe? Perhaps? Potentially?

      There’s not a lot of indicators to say that a future British order is coming, merely a lot of events that would make a future British order more appealing. If it were to happen, I think we would’ve seen more fanfare, but don’t rule it out.

      It should also be noted that this sale does secure those all important jobs on the assembly line, which is a positive but also means that the government is let off the hook for their own procurements.

      • That’s the ridiculous thing with this govt, this will be treated as an opportunity NOT to order Typhoon for ourselves rather than an opportunity to save money in the long run by buying now.

      • Yes, what the deal does achieve is the protection of jobs at Warton etc and the securing of the Tempest program. Now there’s no pressure to order more Typhoons for the RAF …if there are higher defence priorities. Above my pay grade but maybe GBAD, another dozen F-35A, artillery? I also confidently expect an announcement that Nurol Makina will be making our army patrol vehicles….quid pro quo.

        • I believe the quid pro quo in this case is going to be jet trainers.. TAI Hürjet is a very new a by all accounts very new and good supersonic jet trainer.

          • Interesting. Crowded market not looking good for Aeralis. Given the govt growth strategy, joint manufacture might favour the Hürjet. My favourite would be the KA50 with Eurojet engine and Selex radar.Lowest cost option with most UK jobs could be Hawk T3 or Aeralis. Are we in a hurry?

      • We have to remember that given the choice of typhoon or f35 the RAF will pick an f35 order every day of the week.. they see typhoon as a legacy platform.

          • Yep and if you remember exactly the same thing happened when it got rid of tornado ( although I suspect that was more treasury than RAF).. new shiny toys trump the mature platform every time and every day. There is literally no good reason why the RAF cannot be running 4 tornado squadrons, 2 tranche squadrons for air defence, then 5 tranche 2-3 squadrons and 3 F35b squadrons.. for 12 squadrons.. other than a need to throw away the old..

            • Er Tornado was very short of Flight hours. German, Italian Tornados hadn’t flown as much as RAF airframes. In terms of 12 Squadrons we had to pay for two new shiney carriers. You could also argue what’s the threat to the UK mainland? Even though the TU-95, TU-22M and TU-160 have been through the mill of late, where Russia ever going to sortie more than 40-50 at any one time, and then these have to get through Norway, Sweden and Finland on the Norther flank. And if they come through eastern Europe it’s the same. Now you’re going to say well if they launch a surprise attack, this never happens so giving plenty of time. Plus AMRAAM and Meteor have greater capability than in the good old days of Soviet era when Aim-7 Sparrow days. So let’s say 12 squadron fighter screen from Europe 4 x AMRAAM/Meteor each vs 50 Russian bombers bigger than a Hangar Door on radar, ain’t going to last long. Russia has very limited tanking support to come the very long way around, never mind supply fighter cover. You say keep the Tornado still very capable , not in contested air space. 4 Tornado strike package needed 30+ supporting fighter screen to sweep the way clear during Desert Storm. Typhoon and F-35 doesn’t need this……..

            • Tornado wasn’t any use in a contested environment.

              There was always a strong argument that it wasn’t much use in the low flying terrain following role as that low it was vulnerable to WW2 AA fire.

              Tornado’s role was taken over by Storm Shadow. Just a shame we didn’t have more launch platforms.

        • Well I would have more confidence in that view of theirs if the F-35s while capable (until China’s metric, quantum or laser radars are operating anyway) getting somewhere relatively undetected had anything detectable to use as weaponry when it got there. It’s supposed to be our strike platform yet has little ability to strike leaving our air defence fighter which was stripped of strike weaponry for years as a better strike weapon currently while the F-35s are ironically weaponised for little more than air defence.

          • And that is the very big issue with the RAF focus on new and shiny instead of mature.. it did exactly the same thing when it scrapped hundreds of tornadoes with a good half their flying hours left..

            • No Tornado was running out of hours fast, unlike German and Italian airframes. We’d been using them continually from 1991 with heavy things hanging off them. GR4 upgrade was nearly 20 years old in itself by retirement

    • There will have to be an assessment first, followed by a period of reflection subject to a meeting regarding having further meetings subject to budget restraints in this parliament….maybe.

    • There might be in the investment plan… but I doubt it.
      I think HMG is hoping that by the time the last Typhoons are being delivered the first production run of Tempest will begin.
      As Rudy Giuliani* said, “Hope is not a strategy”

      * before he went bonkers and was disbarred

      • I reckon they will wait to see how the Tempest test programme goes in both scheduling and technological success. If progress is good then I can’t see more being ordered if not which in a programme like this is always a risk, then they may have little choice unless the borrow others to fill the gap.

        Geez glad you added the * there. Old Rudy is as bonkers as a box of frogs these days, just a guy not to meet on a dark night previously.

        • Yeah at the time of 9/11 Rudy was as solid as a rock, these days he’s madder than a sackful of cats. I’m going to be generous and blame it on dementia… 🤷🏻‍♂️

  8. “What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours”🎼🎵🎵🎵

    Ermmmm, any RAF Typhoons being sold or was all the squbbling in vain ?

  10. Well what a surprise, an unverified report from an unarmed source on a dodgy news site, about Turkey getting 20 Typhoons from the RAF turns out to be false.
    Good thing UKDJ didn’t repeat the claim… ooops!

    • They reported what little information was available at the time. It would be better practice to go back, edit and republish (with obvious corrections) the existing article rather than wipe it over with a new one, though.

      • It wasn’t “information” though.
        It was an unsubstantiated quote from an anonymous source in an article that was riddled with factual errors.
        UKDJ shouldn’t have used it.

        • Ruthy – totally agree with your point further up the comment section on the relative lack of threat to the homeland from Russian aviation. That said, do you not think that an increase in fast jet numbers would be extremely useful, giving us the numbers to base squadrons overseas and in places more provocative and dangerous to our enemies, rather than sitting predominantly at home and still being streched thin?

        • The issue is really airframe hours on a shrinking fleet of Typhoons, with the Tranche 1s OSD soon, so more pressure on the existing fleet airframes. A top-up would relieve that extra pressure on the existing airframes.

    • Alas the RAF has no intention of buying more Thypoon
      If any money is available between now and Tempest orders, they will lobby hard for additional F35A.

      If there isn’t an uptick in funding and fighter numbers, I suspect we will see F35A orders replacing Thypoon tranche 2 airframes.

      The RAF wants to be a Gen5/6 force.

      • The RAF can play fantasy fleets just like the armchair admirals do. Like many in the forces, they are seduced by new and shiny playthings.

        • True Jon, however I expect the 12 strong fleet of F35A will be built on.

          The RAF watched the Israelis knock seven bells out of Iran with their A’s and watched the Iranians unable to stop them. They want ‘in’ on that door kicking ability more than ever.

          We will see where finances and procument take us, but the RAF will likely end up with a force mix of block 4 F35A and a silver bullet Tempest force, with the B models under FAA command.

          Hopefully all backed up with capable loyal wingmen.

          • Yep a member of the RAF brass wrote a proper snotogram as to why they would not invest in more typhoons and why F35 was the future.. they even released it under an FOI.. it basically makes it clear no matter what fast jet money was available the RAF would not willingly purchase anymore typhoons..

            • As much as I like Thypoon, it is unfortunately reaching the end of its development highway. It’s a creature of its time, a 40 year old aircraft that will absolutely remain relevant with its upgrades, but perhaps not one you would wish to kick the doors in of a potential aggressor equipped with a sophisticated Chinese supplied integrated Air Defence System in 2035.

              The RAF is right to double down on F35A in the interim, while we await Tempest.

              As I hypothesised earlier, I expect the RAF will throw all the bells and whistles onto tranche 3 Thypoon and replace Tranche 2 with F35A, if it gets the chance!

              • John your correct on this thought. As much as I like the Typhoon it’s getting long in the tooth. I doubt they will upgrade Tranche 2 with ECRS2 at £50 million a pop. They might upgrade Tranche 3 to Tranche 4 full standard with ability for CCA’s but that’s at a push

                • Morning Ruthy and welcome aboard.
                  I think many people, once dismissive of Chinese military technology suddenly sat up and took notice after the latest Indian/ Pakistan bun fight.

                  It turns out that Chinese military technology is capable and rapidly evolving.

                  Unfortunately, that means Thypoon now has an expiry date, we have no reasonable expectation that it will be an overmatch for widely available Chinese tech.
                  Further upgraded J10 and export J35’s could well be on an effective par.

                  After all, we arnt procuring for today, we are talking the early 2030’s, when such aircraft could well be in widespread service with our potential enemies.

                  Im certainly not having a go at Thypoon, unfortunately, we have invested and upgraded at a snails pace and Chinese technology has stormed ahead.

                  The reliance on the US and the still poor availability rates of F35 are a concern, but the RAF see little option in the short term.

                  One things for sure Tempest is going to have to really shift in development and get into production ASAP.

              • They would be better off buying the Adir as the Israelis have a level of control we don’t and might be willing to exercise it on our behalf.

                There’s a massive optimism bias in the armed forces in general and this is an example. The RAF assume that by the time new F-35s arrive all the problems will be solved. However it’s not only the lack of European weapons, the lack of sovereign control, and the necessity of upgrading the hardware within a short timeframe, it’s the impossibility of controlling the flow of spares with everything going through ALIS and central distribution, giving the F-35 a truly dire availability. If you need 12 F-35s to keep 4 flying, but only 6 Typhoons, the cost equation shifts considerably and we are left with the old paradigm of lots of cheaper or fewer expensive. Our Armed Forces bosses will always pick fewer gold-plated platforms, even though the enemy can be defeated almost as easily by the cheaper platform. Someone has to tell them no.

                F-35 has the potential to be a great plane, but as long as the current politics play out the way they are, the RAF will need Typhoons or Tempest to fill in the capability gaps. Having at least 120 Typhoons until Tempest is operational is necessary because of the gaps in the F-35 capability, which the RAF/UK have no control over and may well never be fixed.

                • Morning Jon, sadly the snails pace of Typhoon development has seen Chinese technology simply close the gap and potentially push ahead of it.

                  In the 2025/2035 time frame, pror to Tempest roll out, the RAF is focused on F35, I think we all know that the so called second tier nuclear option, was actually the RAF putting its shoulder into the door and forcing an F35 procurement.

                  It’s a foundation that I have no doubt the RAF will steadily build on.

                  The huge cost of upgrading Thypoon with Radar 2 really doesn’t help matters.

                  It might well be an exceptional radar, but developing a cutting edge radar and only fitting it to 40 odd airframes is a typical example of pissing money away. The unit cost is obviously going to be disproportionately huge.
                  We will see what happens in the Autumn statement, but if Radar 2 is purely Tranche 3 related, then we can pretty much guarantee that Tranche 2 is on borrowed time, with further F35A orders inbound to replace them.

                  • Good morning.

                    We can agree that the upgrade track for Typhoon has been painfully slow. We offered Typhoons to Finland with the new radars to arrive this year, and when Finland said no, we delayed the radars for RAF use. Even now we vacillate.

                    However, the idea that sunk money will be wasted is a confusion of tenses. The development money has already been spent and upgrading 40 Typhoons is less of a waste than upgrading none.

                    I know that the RAF want to concentrate on F-35, while the USAF turns their eyes to the F-47. Nevertheless, the UK still has no control over the development of the F-35, and we would be fools to rely on the US to develop it on our behalf. Financially the F-35 has been a success for this country, but militarily it’s a ghost of what it could have been.

                    I’d agree the F-35A is the foundation the RAF want to build on, but we will have to wait to see the reality. A successful grab at nuclear’s coat tails is a long way from solid ground underfoot.

                    • Morning Jon, the fact that the RAF has managed to tilt the board by gaining F35A is very telling.

                      It’s becoming abundantly cear that they intend these 12 aircraft to be a foundation they build on.

                      Radar 2 will without doubt be a capable radar and the 40 odd airframes equipped (probably 2 operational squadrons) will be an overmatch for anything Russia has. To be honest tranche 2 and 3 Thypoon are already an overmatch on Russian technology.

                      The issue is the proliferation of sophisticated Chinese defence systems and this is where Thypoon will unfortunately lack the edge.

          • The Israeli F-35’s are different to the UK versions, even if we had already brought some F-35A’, because the Israeli versions have their own designed avionics, and integrated Israeli warpons.

    • 20 Jets for the production line will not secure jobs until Tempest. These jets are planned to be delivered by 2030. Tempest here by 2035 is laughable, 2040 earliest. Lockheed Martin are struggling to get Block 4 software delivered by 2030, and people in the UK think Britain/Italy/Japan will be able to write 10 million lines of code for 2035 IOC is laughable

  13. The £8 bn deal covers 20 new build aircraft plus 24 refurbished and updated second-hand aircraft, all less than 8 years old – 12 (of 24 purchased) bought back from Qatar and 12 (of 12) from Oman. That’s the bad news as it kills any last hope of the UK selling more Typhoon’s to either country. Qatar seems to prefer the French Rafale while Oman is also expected to buy 12-24 Rafale’s to replace its Typhoon’s.

    • It is after 5pm her in Florida so my mind is off kilter but if the Europe has new orders or potential orders for both the Typhoon and the Rafale is that not a signal that the F-35 is not the only game in town especially as Saab is going gang busters as well.

    • As yet there is no confirmation of either deal having been finalised..I would not say Qatar prefers the Rafale.. in 2024 it ordered 12 more typhoons not 12 more Rafale. Qatar is very much following the tradition of ensuring it’s not dependent on a single source.. hence it was going for essentially a close 1/3 split of typhoon, Rafale and F15.. i imagine turkey offered a sweet deal on 12 typhoons.. no one is sure yet which Qatar typhoons are going to Turkey..it may very well be that Turkey has actually purchase Qatars in production typhoons… so I don’t think you can say Qatar will not replace..they may very well be buying favour with the probably the most powerful secular Muslim nation in the region. Oman is more interesting as its main fleet is f16s so it may well just focus on those for the future.. it’s a very small airforce and 12 typhoons was not really doing much.

      • In early December 2024 there was an official Qatari government statement suggesting that the country intended to buy 12 more Typhoon’s (presumably Tranche 4 standard). However there has been total silence since then, and certainly no order has been placed and BAE never seems to have really expected it, e.g. no mention in its 2024 annual report. The fact that Qatar has now agreed to sell 12 Typhoons (Tranche 3A, some only two years old) to Türkiye strongly suggest that the small (if very wealthy) country has realised that maintaining a fleet of three very different fighter types is nonsensical.

        • Those 12 are apparently being built. This was from an industrial source:

          “The Qatari emir’s visit to Ankara on Tuesday aims to resolve outstanding issues related to this potential transfer.

          Analysts suggest that any deal involving Qatar’s Eurofighters would require British approval, as the jets are part of the consortium’s production framework.

          Stein indicated that the jets Britain is transferring to Turkey on Monday may have originally been destined for Qatar.

          “They’ll simply be shipped to Turkey,” he told AFP, suggesting a streamlined rerouting of the aircraft.”

          As for Qatar pulling away from Typhoon.. the ink is still drying on the agreement to extend 12 squadron for another 2 years…

          • 1. Why has no order been announced?
            2. If an order has been secretly placed, who is building these 12 aircraft and where is the final assembly line located?

            We know it’s not in the UK as BAE Systems (and unions!) recently confirmed that final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon at the Warton facility has ended due to a lack of new orders.

            • Al Jazeera (which should know!) is reporting that Qatar will transfer 12 Typhoon’s (Tranche 3A standard, some almost brand new) to Turkey as early as next year (2026), so they can’t be new build. Apparently the President of Turkey traveled to Qatar last Tuesday (21/11) to personally tie up the deal with Emir. If – as some reports claim – Qatar is legally committed to buying 12 Tranche 4 Typhoon’s, it seems almost certain that they will be part of the 20 new build.

  14. Which RAF Typhoons will the UK be giving to Turkey? Anything but T1’s will be a critical blow to the RAF. This spineless government needs to place an immediate order for the very latest Typhoons. A minimum of twenty is required.

    • It’s not going to be giving any.. the UK are building 20 news ones and Turkey is after buying a further 24 from Oman and Qatar.

    • We are giving them the lot, apparently they are a bit rubbish and we are replacing them with Rafale so we can smash a few out of the Prince and Queen.
      Seems like our Garlic cousins build better Top Trumps than us.

  17. According to a BAE Systems statement, the potential value of the contract to the company is about £4.6 bn. The other £3.5 bn will go to the other partner in the Eurofighter consortium. Fair enough as the UK is the only member of the consortium not to order Tranche 4 aircraft, and is gaining £billions as a result from Germany, Spain and Italy.

  18. It’s an order from the Turks for 20 new Typhoons, delivery starting in 2030. It’s quite straightforward so why is everyone wasting time speculating about all this other chaff?

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