Originally Posted by
MSOCS
UK carriers won't have the weight and quantity of firepower of the CVNs. We have to be realistic.
Indeed, this is all about joint power projection and nothing akin to US carrier groups. The RN is simply incapable of putting together its own self-supporting carrier group. The cuts have been too deep and it simply does not have the capacity to put together a group of ships that are fuelled, fully armed, manned, trained and equipped for independent ops - let alone sail such a group as a matter of routine.
The USN may make this look easy, but it is anything but and it costs more treasure than our Treasury is willing to accept.