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Old 19th Apr 2006, 19:03
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FF - come on now, your line of attack in this thread has been rather misinformed, based around the foundation that "carriers are rubbish- let's bolster the RAF." To say this is a facile, inaccurate representation of the present, let alone the title of the thread, ie "Future Carrier" is an understatement, and indicates you simply have not been reading your Janes or other accurate open source. We're a joint operation these days, whether the individual service oldies like it or not. That means a coherent joined up plan in the round to get capability. Like it or no, some stuff - like Typhoon has a limited application in the true expeditionary sense. And the idea that we'll be able to stick everything in the back of a C-17 is nonsense.

Ask the guys at Joint Command Lisbon to get you a NATO strike brief, on the (unclas)-sified level, not above. They'll be happy to oblige. If on the other hand you're not based there, then you're presumably ex-mil, enjoying the sun and golf, and are currently out of touch with the grand strategic plan. No worries there but you can't expect to be taken seriously when you post stuff like you have in this thread.

I'm not trying to pontificate here (although I probably am).
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