The Navy's turn had to come, after the whole paratroops without parachuting saga. The article made some good points and it is incredibly shortsighted to consider what is proposed. No change there then from the beancounters!
Less welcome was the input from Lewis Page to use this as an oppurtunity to:
a) plug his book (again)
b) say how pointless and expensive Type 45 is
c) say
a carrier with the right aircraft can also do the destroyer's job much better
d) not mention that the destroyers protect carriers
e) not mention that 2 carriers can only be in 2 places at any one time.
Now I am quite a fan of CVF and Dave (not bothered which as long as we get some) but carriers do not make a Fleet on their own.
If only we had the resources to match our governments aspirations.
