Slightly off topic I know, but apropos of carrier aviation...
Just been reading Andrew Marr's "History of Modern Britain" and in the section on the Thatcher Years he states that:
had the British Harrier jets not been equipped with the latest US missiles and helped by the secret provision of American AWACS radar cover...
Now I know all about the AIM-9L, but this is the first I've heard of the American AWACS. I know the Nimrod ventured down South (and was not appreciated by Ward or Woodward according to their books), but I don't recall seeing any other comments over US AWACS.
Anyone out there got any light they can shed on this?
Of course, the hurried introduction of the SKAEW ought to tell us something about the whole
CVF/JSF/
masc balance of investment, but that's another debate.
Nick