Draken,
Whilst I am sure that harrier and it's very capable RN and RAF pilots would have made a contribution to the Op, Sharkey opines that they could single handedly win the war whilst maintaining Ops elsewhere. His costing of typhoon and tornado land based options focus on purely the cost of the carrier. He even makes a direct comparison between running costs of CVS versus RAF Marham.
Of course he conveniently ignores the two land bases supporting Harrier. Oh and the oiler and supply ships. Oh and the organic defence surface vessels and their sustainment. Oh and all the other assets such as AWACS. Cheap it may be, but it would not have had the same effect as produced by tornado and typhoon. The logistics of getting fuel and armament resupply would have proved too much by now as we have insufficient RFA assets. His figures are misleading and his far fetched ideas of what a carrier and harrier could achieve are laughable.