Perhaps the timing of the announcement suggested someone, somwhere had spotted an early opportunity to seta test - or is that trap - for the former Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, had she won the Plaid Cymru leadership.
In its defence review in 2010, the coalition announced that it was cancelling the previous Labour government's decision to purchase jump-jet version of the Joint Strike Fighter (the F35-B) and opt instead for the catapult and trap (F35-C) type, which required a different set-up on deck.