"If only you understood the difference between what happened in that instance in 2007 and what is happening now."
I was answering Dave's question - and I really would like to know what the differences are between the 2 deployments please. As you say I'm not a big fan of the UK Carrier programme - I've consistently argued the case for more frigates and more SSN's instead.
"Asturias - when you refer to 'a good press release', I assume you're referring to the Thin Pinstriped Line that I quoted at post #6208."
Partly - and also to the large number of updates provided by WEBF. I find the TPL informative - but I'm sure they previously suggested that it would be a very long time before the extra F-35's were purchased - which was a bit at odds with their latest thoughts