If Typhoon was a carrier the recent flight of a Chinese Gen 5 fighter would have us all baying for an immediate cancellation of the project
Where have you been for the last 20 years? People have been baying for the project to be cancelled ever since the Wall came down - "a Cold War Relic" was amongst the kinder terms. The RAF purchase was severly curtailed and even Tranche 3 is limited - and even then only to replace airframes switched to fill the Saudi order.
If the carrier programme was handled the same way the QE and POW would be sold to India et al and a 3rd, smaller, single CVH would be ordered to keep the shipyards busy....
