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There were 4 options for the Nimrod AEW3.
  1. Purchase the AN/APS-125 pulse-Doppler radar system and its associated avionics, as fitted to the E-2 Hawkeye, and fit them into the Nimrod.
  2. Purchase the AN/APS-125 radar and combine it with a British avionics package.
  3. Purchase the rotodome and antenna from the E-2 and combine with a British radar transmitter, receiver and avionics package.
  4. Develop a wholly British radar system and avionics package using a Fore Aft Scanner System (FASS) rather than the E-2 radome.

We know that option 1 works and option 4 didn't work, but how would options 2 and 3 go?
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