Costings in context.
ACA to charge MoD for modifying one QE carrier to accept "cat and traps" £2 billion.
French charging Russia $1.47 billion for two complete Mistral class amphibious assault carriers.
As our ship is now apparently going to carry no more than twelve F-35s and a few helicopters perhaps we should trade down to something much cheaper? Particularly as the crew of a QE strike carrier is around 600 not including the staff of the "air wing". Though I think anyone now using the terms "strike carrier" and "air wing" will probably be doing so tongue in cheek!