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Strange remark. I quote: "Crowsnest is scheduled to achieve initial operating capability (IOC)in late 2020, inline with HMS Queen Elizabeth achieving carrier strike IOC". Seems reasonable to me.
Uhuh.
Now the thing that is really serious is it is a system that is a FUNDAMENTAL element of force protection that has never been operated under the duress of operational conditions.
To simply say it will be ready 2020 IOC is putting a great number of lives on the line.
Surely the carrier[s] would not sail if this system was not in place and operationally proven.