WEBFoot,
Originally Posted by WEBF
...made me think.
Good.
...my counter proposal is to regenerate a squadron of F4s
Was intended as humour to highlight the obsurdity of regenerating ANY old type that we have already scrapped.
...Surely basics like moving the jets around a moving deck are the same? (refering to cat and trap vs STOVL)
Maybe, but the dynamics on a flight deck with Harriers is very different to running cats. I guess that's why the First Sea Lord has gone to have a look.
Anyways, it's all to early yet. There is a long while to wait before we even see the carrier(s), probably only one, and what jet we put on it (if F35C can't catch a cable, it may not be the one for us).
Did I mention SuperHornet?
P.S.
Justanopinion, well said.