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Lets start with ASW. Lets get rid of our entire ASW cap. All Nimrods to go. All Type 23 frigates to go. All Merlin (Grey) to go.
So you would advocate having a Navy that, effectively, is reduced to an air power projection + denial outfit (T45/Aster, Trident, Tomahawk and Harrier/JCA)? I would rather our Navy actually concentrate on its traditional job of securing sea lines of communication. You would certainly need them if you binned most of the heavy-lift AT.
Any Offensive Maritime Patrol capability should go. So, we get rid of all Tornado aircraft, All Nimrods and the Sentinel.
Tornado has never been an MPA and has not had a maritime role since Sea Eagle was retired aeons ago. Sentinel is not an MPA either. Am I missing something here?