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Old 16th Jun 2020, 21:30
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msbbarratt
 
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Para 37 is moderately intriguing (Russian bombers carrying lots of 1600 mile supersonic cruise missiles). They have omitted to mention that a long term 24/7 naval solution to that task would probably require 4* dedicated carriers, 4 T45s, and a lot of aircraft, all of which would probably cost more to run than buying a few more MRTTs and EJ200 spares. And I think they'd also struggle to find a patch of ocean to put them in that's up-threat and out of range of a NATO friendly airfield somewhere or other...

On the whole I think that naval aviation is a good thing; there are scenarios where a properly equipped floating runway is the best answer. However, naval aviation is not going to flourish if weak arguments like this are put forward.

* Just like there's 4 V boats - one on station, one in workup, one in the workshop, etc.
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