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Old 7th March 2026 | 08:48
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Not_a_boffin
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Originally Posted by typerated
And the carrier advocates didnt see this coming?
That's a new one! Now "the carriers" are to blame for successive governments looking at the conventional missile threat to London and deciding not to acquire GBAD systems.

I'm still bemused as to why a T45 is being tasked to provide AD for the RAFs premier Med airbase. Given the threat appears to be primarily OWAS from Hezbollah, not sure what a T45 brings that a Sky Sabre battery from the RA doesn't.

But still, bloody carriers, eh?
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