Originally Posted by
PeterGee
Now that does depend I think on us standing up 4 frontline squadrons of F35b. If some people get their way and we split the buy I can’t see that happening. That to my mind seriously undermines CEPP, the whole point of the carriers!
But look at it another way. If the detractors are successful in splitting the buy, then they can claim that the carriers never met the capability that was promised. And kill them.