Don't get me wrong, I would love it to be true, thus disproving the "bla bla bla.....carriers are never required, the RAF can deploy worldwide in hours to the ever available suitable airfields provided by host nation support whilst the carriers would take weeks to arrive............." bollocks that gets spouted on here regularly.
However, the real truth is that the Tornado is not currently able to match the capability of the Harrier at CAS, and won't be until 30 plus UORs are embodied, and even then, "with a bigger payload of bombs", I think not......
