Shackleton Mk 3,
Nothing is certain in politics, in this case history seems to be repeating itself.
Cameron and Osbourne remind me of Heath and Barber in 1973/74.
Osbourne's sub-prime Ponzi scheme a la Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, is bound to end in tears. Assuming they last until 2015? A date they claim is set in stone.
The bottom of this recession/depression will be 2014/15 approximately.
The F-35 is too expensive for what it does.
A navalised Typhoon will only need an arrester wire. It's power allows it to take off with the aid of a ski ramp. As the Sukhois do on the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetzov.
2014/15, and the UK will not be able to afford the F-35.
The political scene could also be very different then.
Your analysis may well be correct, I just don't see where the money is coming from?
I would also like to see the argument that the F-35 has no equal? I don't see the point of STOVL ?
Last edited by Stuffy; 31st Mar 2013 at 16:45.