My guess is somewhere in the insurance front is where such acquisitions would get stuck, ie such collateral will be asked & terms that are not savvy with the navy/MoD.Yes, it is indeed an attractive option along with the 12 C-130J of RAF but our forces will not even bother thinking about considering them.
You know the worst thing to happen was we let go of those 2 Mistral class LHD which were meant for Russia and we'reater sold to Egypt. We could have done something about that but nah.