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Old 5th Sep 2013, 11:57
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I'm sure Bell/Boeing are looking at other countries that have a VSTOL capable flat deck as potential sales markets to include: UK, Italy, Spain, Australia and Japan.

Schmidle raised it on the USS Wasp during F-35 trials, in front of UK and Italian senior officers, all of whom were transported on and off via V-22.

The issue (as always) is that V-22s are not cheap and Defence budgets continue to shrink. Perhaps a USMC det onboard QEC is a more realistic proposition than buying our own.
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