Further, if the CVA project had survived the 1960’s cuts, whom here really believes that the junta would have decided to launch an invasion at all?
Err, me! The decision to invade was taken because the Argies wanted to rapidly divert attention from a rapidly deteriorating internal situation and the fact that they thought we didn't want to fight. The decision to sell the Endurance influenced the decision to invade. The fact we lacked a conventional carrier force was irrelevant. Otherwise they'd have waited another year until we'd flogged Invincible to the Aussies.
Many point to the short legs of the Dave B, but I understand that it might well stack up quite favourably when compared to F18’s … you, know the ones the USN used in Afghanistan.
Those'll be the FA-18s that FOB'd regularly in Pakistan then!!
