Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Several yeasr ago some of us forecast that this woud happen when they decided to build 2 carriers. We were given little credit by the optomistis on the Carrier thread - but it has come to pass as forecast.......
And for the umpteenth time we gave you little credit because you didn't really understand what you were talking about. Explain again - with reasons - why "the carriers" are the reason that the RN cannot field a 1* capable DD/FF to act as flag for SNMG1. Lets see if those reasons include poor decisions taken in the design of the T45, poor provision of particular spares for the T45 (which knocks on to the ability of HMNB Portsmouth to actually generate ships at readiness), the inconvenient fact that the T23 are not and never were capable of 1* flag ops. The latter is "obviously" the fault of "the carriers", despite the last of class being delivered long before the carrier programme passed Main Gate.
They're already to blame for inflation, Ed Miliband, RAF Akrotiri being vulnerable to attack (oh the irony), Gaza etc. Might as well hear some more.....