Jacko
Good job we have land based AD assets.
...Aye, Safely tucked away in Blighty. How are they supposed to defend (a now very small) fleet bl00dy 100’s of miles away from anywhere that would give us HNS?
Good job we have plenty of allies in the coalitions within which we inevitably operate.
...I can’t recall since the last war these Allies ever coming to our defence. We always seem however to come to theirs.
Good job that we haven't faced a credible air threat since the end of the Cold War
If that’s the case then why are we still buying 232 Eurfighters?
Don’t get me wrong. Shar is old and knackered and long overdue retirement. But (a) I wouldn’t trust the septics (Or any of our "Allies")to defend our fleet as far as could kick any of them and (b) Life does seem to throw us the occasional googly where we have to act on our own(Falklands)
By the way. If you really want to get the smallest of tastes of what it is like to be in a ship that has just been hit by an Anti-ship missile. Then may I suggest that you write to the RN see if you can get enroled on a fire-fighting and NBCD/DC course. I did the Damage control platform once and the Fire Fighting course 3 times. All of which are underwear-soiling experiences. (I’m quite happy to say I’ve never experienced the real thing) You may afterwards wish to re asses your opinion of SHAR.