Frostchamber
Harrier has a theoretical OSD of 2018, which would make it feasible for HMS QE to serve her first commission (2015-18) in the STOVL role and then be converted to CATOBAR for a commission around 2020/21. (What sort of use HMS QE would be with a slack handful of GR9/GR9As on board is beyond me, especially if the LPJ heads back to the 'Stan to replace the GR4s if Tornado gets binned in toto next week...
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Under this sort of "plan" (and Mr Boffin will shortly pop up to correct me, I hope) HMS PoW could then be complete in 2017/18 to replace it as CATOBAR, either with an early UK Dave-C airgroup, or, depending on what happens with Cameron - Sarkozy in a few weeks' time (see:
Anglo-French defence co-operation: Entente or bust | The Economist), conceivably with an Aeronavale airwing, especially if CdG is under overhaul.
And at least Dave-C looks good on the ground and airborne - just looks better to me than Dave-A (and much much better than Dave-B to my eyes)
http://www.jsf.mil/video/f35test/10-...ght_B-Roll.wmv .
Just my ill-informed 0.02...
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