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Old 17th Mar 2013, 19:25
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Cancelled F-35 !
The one with the dead weight dustbin behind the cockpit and an arrester hook that cannot be fitted? Costing more billions than a bankrupt Eurozone country?
Oh Ye of little faith.
Then the untried electro-magnetic catapult that cannot be fitted to the UK carriers.
Or the traditional steam catapult.
Well there are Harriers, helicopters and a retro fit ski-jump.
If a catapult can be fitted for the cost of a couple of billion quid.
Rafale, or a navalised Typhoon.

Deep joy.

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