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Old 3rd Aug 2019, 09:24
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andrewn
 
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The carriers strike me as the Defence equvalent to HS2.
  • Somebody, for all the wrong reasons, decides its a good idea to build two massive Carriers
  • Defence budget gets cut but the Carriers have gone too far to cancel
  • The carriers are built but there's nothing for them to do, no-on to man them and we cant afford to use them
  • The decision to buy the carriers has far reaching implications, meaning we've bought the least capable and most expensive version of the F35
  • The carriers are expensive to maintain and unreliable, spening more time in port than at sea
  • The second carrier will only make a bad situation worse
  • Meanwhile what's left of the RN stumbles on, starved of manpower and funds

You literally couldnt think of a worse, more catastrophic state of affairs, for what once was a Navy that ruled the waves.
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