Leon
Just confirm.
It's ok for the light blue to talk about aspects of naval warfare about which they have no knowledge whatsoever, ie vulnerabilities of Carriers etc, but not ok for a Naval pilot to talk about air defence?
Ok, thanks, glad we cleared that up.
B Word
I'm am well aware of that aircraft and it's recent missions, in fact I have seen the tracks which make clear that the Venezuela trips are the least of its impressive capabilities.
However, that is a capability, not a threat to UK air defence.
The US, Dutch, Germans and French also have the capability to bomb us but ate not a threat either.
Why would the Russians use an aircraft to bomb the UK?
What is the minuscule tonnage of bombs they could carry do?
If they want to nuke us then they have ICBMs that we cannot stop.
Let it go.
The cold war is over.
We won.
Yes we may need AD of the UK in the future at some point, and yes that is not something you can build overnight.
Exactly the same arguments, in fact, for having a carrier or two.
When you need them, you really need them.