Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Oh yes - I agree totally. But where does the cover for our carriers come from? Sounds like an extended port call is coming - which will probably please the Treasury.
Remember that the carriers are supposed to be NATO assets. When we pointed out many years ago that the RN couldn’t man the carriers and the escorts at the same time, we were told that they were NATO assets and that a NATO escort group would coalesce around them when necessary. This would have to include the subsurface escorts considering the dire state of RN SSN support facilities causing the appalling current availability.