Originally Posted by
Xmit
Agree regarding the number of Sea Harriers but, if there were no submarine threat, more deck space would have been available and I'm pretty sure that we could have deployed more RAF GR3s. These would have significantly enhanced our ability to support the ground campaign.
I think that Ex Fast Jets could explain that enhancing our ability to support the Ground campaign could have been done more easily by having a fit for purpose air tasking organisation on HMS Hermes. I don't think more GR Mk 3 would have had that much effect unless that issue had been sorted.