Uneasy Pleistocene Leftover
Join Date: Feb 2003
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I've never understood why we didn't just go ahead and contract whoever built the French CDG to build us 2 new (and why not?) identical carriers down to the nuclear propulsion and flight-deck...?! We could have insisted that all switches be labelled in English as well as French. We could have insisted that construction would be in one or more UK shipyards. We could have insisted on a fixed-price contract (leaving the froggie government to take any eventual hits) unlike the present arrangement where the final cost undoubtedly doubles or triples what was projected before entry into service. The French already went through a great deal of time and expense before ending up with what is now a perfectly-serviceable carrier (and one that the UK would be very pleased to possess, especially if it came with the wine cellar)...?!
Yours humbly, (Brit living in FR since 1991) and with good relations with froggies...
airship.