Originally Posted by
Mick Smith
The people who made the complete looney tunes decision to keep going with aircraft carriers but to scrap the only aircraft we have that can fly off them should not be allowed anywhere near any major decision.
With respect, I think you have missed a point here.
Cancellation was the sensible preferred option but not economically sensible thanks to the contract terms agreed under the previous administration. Completing the QE will be akin the Varyag which was abandoned.
At least the decisions now can be changed later unlike the TSR2 which was cancelled and the jigs destroyed.