Just a point of interest here but i've just been looking at the most recent defence select committee report where Alan West was trying to justify Carriers and he said ...
some time since the last war every aircraft shot down in air to air combat by the Brits, apart from one, has been shot down by an aeroplane that took off from a carrier. Why is that? It is because the carriers can get where the action is.
Sooo...
1/ Why do we need so many eurofighters if this is the case?
2/ Why are so many of the light-blue anti flat-top? If they want to stay in the air combat game then sea basing must be the way ahead.
3/ Surely WEBF has a point (actually a hell of a lot of points) on not getting rid of SHAR?
"reel 'em in!"