Talk of Tucanos and storage is digression. Unfortunately, nobody has commented on my concerns regarding amphibious operations and forces - see the previous page. Virtually everyone thinks that this is the future for major Navies.
On a related note,
this link outlines the views on this by an Italian guy. If it is so obvious to him, why are our leaders so blind?
On that note, it would be interesting to hear the views of some of our European/NATO allies - particularly the Dutch, as the UK is probably meant to be responsible for the air defence of the UK/NL Amphibious forces.