@Heathrow Harry
Quote:
"Carrier aviation is a proven war winner"
the last time it was proven was 1945.....................
it certainly didn't win the war in Vietnam (or Iraq) for example
Er ... Has someone forgotten a little incident in the South Atlantic in 1982?
And that would have been a cinch if they hadn't scrapped the real Ark Royal
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just remembered there WAS a real aircraft carrier (as opposed to our rather gash jobs) in the Falklands War - HMS Venerable aka ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)
she never showed up because we had SSN's......... which raises a point about the viability of any modern aircraft carrier against a similarly equipped foe
Last edited by Heathrow Harry; 31st Aug 2013 at 12:20.