Flaps and Jockonicko
You will agree with me that there are senior people out there that are far more able to assess the future capability of RN operations than any of us (this of course does not include politicians).
As has been written many times, by people much more able to comment, it is not a case of bin SHAR and spend the money on fags and pile ointment. It is a case of bin SHAR and spend money on new CVS/new tanker/F35/PW4/proper radios for the Army and so on. Which from the above list do you suggest we lose if we keep SHAR?
Having spoken to these people, the men that ran the show, you will not be surprised that they do not agree with either of you.
For the umpteenth time the arguement is about the capability gap between SHar and JSF, not the retention of SHar until the planet ceases to rotate (that's a metaphor).
FEBA