Government economies continue to threaten our armed forces

Any who missed the Channel 4 News report on Monday regarding delays in fitting the fire suppressant foam in the RAF's Hercules aircraft can view the report from this video link. If ever this was a false economy (as well as reckless, inhumane and possibly negligent decision) can be quickly realised from these figures quoted in the news report. Each Hercules costs fifty million, retro-fitting the foam in the wing fuel tanks costs one million, we have forty aircraft - therefore the one lost costs more to replace than fitting the entire fleet with the foam potentially saving HOW MANY LIVES?????????