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Old 31st Oct 2014, 20:23
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BTW, there are LOTS of examples of militaries making weapon decisions based on facilities constraints. For example, why did the RAF not buy Hornets? They are obviously far superior to Harriers. Because that would have required the Royal Navy to build MUCH larger aircraft carriers to operate them from. The RAF was/is constrained to operating Harriers at sea because the RN was/is unable to obtain the "facilities" to operate much more capable fighters
This is gibberish of the finest water on so many levels I won't even start. Maybe someone else will point out why the Kestrel/Harrier was developed; why the Hornet was never an option for the RAF (though I did control a couple of trials with F15 and E3A in 1975) and why they RN thus conceived the SHAR in the "through deck cruiser" era.
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