The temptation was too much - so much for self control.
BEagle see
http://www.harrier.org.uk/history/JSF_HarrierIII.htm.
As for the Sea Jet - see.....
Target Lock: Sea Harrier : Origins
Navy News - News Desk - News - Rockin' all over the Ark
Navy News - News Desk - News - Harriers put through paces in America
Navy News - News Desk - Feature - Harriers cross Atlantic for US training mission
Navy News - News Desk - News - Navy squadron visits Poland
I accidently stumbled across this page on the RN website after clicking on the wrong thing. Don't you think the paragraphs under "The Future" are interestingly worded? Time for reading between the lines I think....
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/content/172.html
Consider this interview with the First Sea Lord...
http://www.warshipsifr.com/pages/int..._alanWest.html
Also
The Falkland Islands Campaign of 1982: A Case Study And Lessons For
Edited yet again because I forgot a link!!
Edit (Sept 2013): Things would get much worse in 2010, post the Strategic Defence and Security Review. Following the retirement of the Sea Harrier, carrier skills faded as the Harrier was committed to Afghanistan leaving empty decks, then just as things started to improve, Harrier got axed. Some suggested that if Sea Harrier had still ben in service things may have been different.
See the thread here: Decision to axe Harrier is "bonkers"
