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What might have followed Britain's Canberra and Sea Vixen target drones

The panel offers the Tornado only as a tentative successor because it fits the likely flight profile and period, not as a documented selection.

Question

What aircraft might have replaced Britain's Canberra D10 and Sea Vixen D14 target drones?

Short answer

A Tornado variant is a plausible guess for the period and flight profile, but the panel does not claim a documented choice.

Notes

The question asks what Britain might choose if it continued converting retired combat aircraft into target drones after the Canberra D10 and Sea Vixen D14. The panel has no confident documented answer. A Tornado variant is suggested because it belongs to the next relevant generation and can reproduce the needed performance profile. The answer remains deliberately tentative rather than presenting a plausible airframe as an actual procurement plan. The exchange marks the boundary between informed inference and evidence.