Harrier Purchase

The Royal Navy scrapped Harriers have been sold for spares to the US marines. It was always bit short sighted to scrap these aircraft (even if it made sense to cut back on Ark Royal, and keep the aircraft just in case they needed quick deployment). As always Lewis Page sums up the UK government myopia: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/15/harriers_saved/