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Old 4th Jan 2012, 10:49
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It seems a fairly low brow piece to me.

My only point would be to raise the fact that carrier strike as/was (GR9 and CVS) like its unexpected successor (AH and LPH) was a Joint capability whose passing has been debated ad infinitum (naseum) and appears to be mourned by most. The UK, not the RN, lost a capability. One could actually argue that the RN side of things is still in place - after all we still have a CVS bobbing about (possibly not the correct term) somewhere that is more than capable of embarking jets. The jets appear to have flown west.

Are all bagmen really Cornish? That would explain a lot. I'm convinced I spoke to one once with a brogue from far higher latitudes.
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