full discussion of EMALS etc in the carrier and F35 threads
Intersting that the "Times" had a story on the budget process this week and the current Chancellor (Osbourne) asked a previous Chancellor (Lawson) if his biggest problem would be Tory Ministers asking for cuts - he was told the biggest problem is that Tory Ministers asking for more money for their departments
I suspect the next DSR will be bloody - there isn't any cash left over and the Treasury will want at least another 10% out of the military budget....... something will have to give - Trident Successor or the F-35 is my guess