Originally Posted by WE Branch Fanatic
Getting back onto the main topic of this thread, the carriers themselves, it occurs to me that if CVF is cancelled or bodged then that will probably be the end of major warship construction in the UK.
And whats more, the Royal Navy have made sacrifices to get these ships (paying off 3 x Type 23 frigates & several minehunters early as well as reducing SSN hulls to 8 in the near future). If the CVFs are cancelled I doubt these assets will be reinstated!
The navy will be on the verge of being relegated to a coastal defence force i.e. no meaningful global power projection capability, except Trident of course, unless they all get used up in the desert sometime soon!
