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Rishi Sunak says 'nothing is off the table' when it comes to sending fighter jets to Ukraine - but does the UK really have the capacity?The Royal Air Force's best jets are its next generation F-35's - but the UK will not lend them to Ukraine - while military sources say its first and oldest tranche of Typhoon jets are "just for training and no good for combat". Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confidently assured Ukraine's president that "nothing is off the table" when it comes to the question of fighter jets, but he should perhaps have a look at exactly what is on his table first. Here is a clue: It isn't much and certainly does not include fast jets anytime soon. Decades of cuts to the UK armed forces have left the Royal Air Force a runt of its former self with far too few planes, pilots and instructors to teach new talent. Ukraine's air force is in desperate need of multi-role jets - aircraft that can fight in the air, such as by taking out missiles or attacking enemy aircraft and bomb targets on the ground. The Royal Air Force had exactly the right kind of airframe for such a task and had enough in stock to be able to offer some away to a friendly nation in need - the Tornado GR4. Unfortunately, all of those aircraft were retired from service four years ago to save money.

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Rishi Sunak says 'nothing is off the table' when it comes to sending fighter jets to Ukraine - but does the UK really have the capacity?The Royal Air Force's best jets are its next generation F-35's - but the UK will not lend them to Ukraine - while military sources say its first and oldest tranche of Typhoon jets are "just for training and no good for combat". Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confidently assured Ukraine's president that "nothing is off the table" when it comes to the question of fighter jets, but he should perhaps have a look at exactly what is on his table first. Here is a clue: It isn't much and certainly does not include fast jets anytime soon. Decades of cuts to the UK armed forces have left the Royal Air Force a runt of its former self with far too few planes, pilots and instructors to teach new talent. Ukraine's air force is in desperate need of multi-role jets - aircraft that can fight in the air, such as by taking out missiles or attacking enemy aircraft and bomb targets on the ground. The Royal Air Force had exactly the right kind of airframe for such a task and had enough in stock to be able to offer some away to a friendly nation in need - the Tornado GR4. Unfortunately, all of those aircraft were retired from service four years ago to save money.

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