What he said is true GB is effectively reducing its capacity not by large scale but still most of their budget is going towards the navy similar with the French. Germany says they want to expand but yet have failed to do so in large scale in 4 years. Only Poland is doing good buying what is...
i mean we're not just buying an aircraft but an entire system( infrastructure, spare parts, weapons) and much more. Its not fair comparing it to the F16 purchase. Tolga özbek made a good video why the price is so high
its not sloped to deflect but to increase its effective thickness most apfds round don't deflect. Absorb and slow down the projectile also hollow for heat warheads