can anyone suggest a better combination than GR9's & Ark Royal / Illustrious
Buccs off HMS Eagle. About the same chance of it happening!
Why not keep it to the art of the possible rather than fantasy? In this case the UK Fast Air contribution can only be the Typhoon. If you want carrier air then its the USN or the French. The quicker everyone accepts we are where we are and cuts their cloth accordingly the better. Let the EU/NATO non-swimmers deal with this one.
And whilst there may not be a significant surface AAA threat I would suggest there may be an air to air threat (perhaps not for very long ....
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Having said all that leave it much longer (end of next week?) and the need for a NFZ will have gone. Which is why I suspect there seems to be endless talk and no action. DC is probably hoping nobody calls his bluff ..... 'cause he could end up with egg on his face.