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If they bin the Carriers it will destroy morale in the RN totally.
I'm not in the RN, so don't have a view on this. But an enhanced FF/DD force is presumably more useful for SLOCs, presence and information ops?
And remember if they bin the Carriers there is no way RAF will get F35, no chance at all.
Why? F35 / Dave-C would replace GR4 from 2020 quite nicely.
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