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Old 25th Oct 2018, 12:22
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Originally Posted by pr00ne

SASless,

I think the decision to go with STVOL F-35 drove the carrier design.
I thought it was a circular argument.

​​​​If we went cat and trap we would have needed and angled deck, etc and a system for powering the cat whereas a ramp was cheaper.

So it was really money rather than capability.

Cat&trap got you a cheaper more capable variant.
Ramp got you a cheaper deck and more versatile and expensive aircraft.
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