With success vital for all three governments, the pressure was mounting. The MRCA label also had to be dealt with. No one falls in love with an acronym. Being fast, low to the ground, nocturnal and stealth-like, Panther seemed a credible choice, but that was also the name given to the legendary Second World War German panzer, and a household lavatory cleaner of the time.7 Tornado, on the other hand, was the same word in all three languages and created the evocative image of a force of nature that could strike with immense power and devastation.
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