Oh dear, oh dear...
This government will NOT endorse any of your suggestions WEBF, because to do so would admit an error of strategy in the first place; it would be political suicide, especially considering the number of u-turns of late. No, the RN sadly must muddle through with the benevolence of other countries and their carrier assets until we get our own. That is the painful truth to all of this.
If -B gets cancelled the carriers will be sold not converted and, most likely, the RAF will buy one of the other variants as a GR4 replacement. Right now -B is the critical path to carrier ops unless we suddenly find the money to fit 'Cats and Traps' should 2 variants lose a sibling.
Stark reality.
Last edited by ICBM; 23rd Jun 2012 at 22:08.