Nimrod Destruction Cost The British Taxpayer £3.4bn

A Nimrod MRA4 reconnaissance aircraft sits parked on the tarmac waiting to be scrapped last February Photo: GETTY

Nimrod Destruction Cost Taxpayer £3.4bn As MoD Ignored 'Cost Implications', MPs Say -- The Telegraph

The destruction of the Nimrod surveillance aircraft fleet wasted £3.4 billion of taxpayers' money, according to an MPs report which concluded that short term defence cuts have led to huge costs.

In a scathing criticism of defence cuts the Public Account Committee said delaying the building of two aircraft carriers and the Astute class submarines had already increased the Ministry of Defence's by more than £5 billion in the long term.

“Decisions to delay or cut programmes to save money in the short term continue to lead to increased costs in the longer term and do not represent good value for money,” said Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP and PAC chairman.

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My Comment: Cost implications !?!?!?! That is the last thing that MoD bureaucrats are going to focus on. The sad truth is that government bureaucrats are rarely focused on 'cost implications' .... that is the job of the politicians .... politicians who have obviously been AWOL on this Nimrod decision.