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Old 29th Jul 2007, 20:43
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Most definitely 'B' - the low standard of defence related reporting in this country is one of the reasons that our Armed Services get cut back - there is no really informed 'Fifth Estate' to embarrass and harry the Government.

Getting Typhoon to sea would be a massively expensive task and one would have to ask what sort of capability we might end up with - as I've offered in other threads, Typhoon is an out and out BVR/close in air combat aircraft (and a really good one), with a secondary strike capability (although possibly quite a good one).

I spent a few years on the T-45 programme (Hawk conversion for the USN) as well as JSF. The art and science of getting aircraft off and on a carrier deck using arresting wires and catapults with a usable load is complex, risky and expensive.
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