Charles de Gaulle off Libya
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Since Time = Distance/Speed, an aircraft based aboard a carrier that can get close to the shore will always provide a faster response than a land based one based 500+ nautical miles away, regardless of "leg size". You cannot argue with basic Maths
Actually, out here on the Libya operation there are some interesting initial impressions. First, thank goodness we didn't bin the Tornado and had to turn up with something like Garibaldi, which isn't making a terribly big contribution here (no offence to the IT AV8 pilots, who are a good bunch). Second, it seems that we are actually getting more out of the Rafales that are taking off from France than the ones from CDG - which also require tankers, ISR, etc from land bases. Third, and to return to the first point, deck alert on a carrier is better than nothing, but is still a slow response.
