Carriers
Boldface,
Yours was one of the best post's I've seen !
We do have a few spare platforms ( such as 'Ocean' if they took off the daft CIWS right on the end of the flightdeck, + the Argus amphibs' ).
I hate to beat the same drum, but we need Harier 2+ right now for reasons of BVR AMRAAM capability, ready availabity & relatively light weight on deck compared to the F-35B...
It's a well known saying that " all forces prepare for the previous war " - so in that case we should be preparing gun - toting Harriers ( a la AV-8B ? ) and Appache helo's -though seeing Russia & China tooling up, we may be in need of heavy duty kit inc. more 'Astute' class sub's after all !
DZ
Last edited by Double Zero; 17th May 2008 at 17:31.