Just picking up on that, can someone please explain how going with the carrier version supposedly DECREASES interoperability with allies?
Not with the French and the US Navy, it doesn't... which I'd suggest are the people we're most likely to be working with.
Sorry, an addition to clarify. I'm talking about this from the report cited in The Independent's article:
"Perhaps the primary example of how little the MoD understood about this decision is the fact that it was supposed to improve interoperability. This turned out to be incorrect."
Last edited by ColdCollation; 5th Feb 2013 at 14:26.