Well the RR engine was far better, as always
, than any of the ****e GE and Pratt and Whitley tried to call jet engines. The problem was that the F-4 was a brick and bodging a decent engine into it was doomed, especially as it was done on a tight budget.
To quote the designer:
"All modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR-2 simply got the first three right."
Now maybe I'm crazy, but I do think that supercruise, Mach 2.5+ sprint is far faster than anything else out there. Especially the B-1B.
This, along with virtually everthing any Labour goverment has ever done, is reason enough for the entire lot to be put up against a wall and shot. And their parents just to be sure. Bitter and twister? Damn right! The systematic destruction of most of the UKs heavy industry and f**king the country over totally whenever they were let into power is all the reason I need to have them all killed.