Did the USN ever say why that didn't put ski jump ramps on the Harrier Carriers? If the RN had bought F-14s they'd had to build real carriers!(I'll duck & cover now, LOL)

Originally Posted by George

Did the USN ever say why that didn't put ski jump ramps on the Harrier Carriers? If the RN had bought F-14s they'd had to build real carriers!(I'll duck & cover now, LOL)

lol George. FINALLY the Royal Navy are getting two proper size carriers known as the Queen Elizabeth Class, unless of course the government cancels.

The British government were considering getting rid of the carriers they did have, it was only the Falklands war that woke the dozy buggers up and made them realise how important carriers are.

If the Royal Navy had lost those carriers before the Falklands War broke out, Argentinan troops would still be sitting in Port Stanley.

The problem is the UK can hardly afford those carriers and when they get deployed it seems they'll have to spend a few years without any aircraft except maybe some of the old Harriers.
One wonders where the UK gets all this money from... it's truly amazing that they had money for this at all and I find it even more incredible that they're getting more than one.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

The problem is the UK can hardly afford those carriers and when they get deployed it seems they'll have to spend a few years without any aircraft except maybe some of the old Harriers.
One wonders where the UK gets all this money from... it's truly amazing that they had money for this at all and I find it even more incredible that they're getting more than one.

I don't think for a second that Britain cannot afford those carriers or aircraft, they've got money if they need it.

Id like to see those new aircraft carriers in the British Navy

The Royal Navy is just simply AWESOME!