Sorry guys it took me a few days to post a link to this article as it was so badly written it made my blood boil!
Basically the anti carrier brigades proxies in the press are at it again. A rambling poorly researched article that again suggests the carriers should be cancelled! He comes up with the idea that if they were cancelled money would free for up for a Nimrod replacement. Of course totally ignoring the fact that the cancellation fees would be more then actually finishing them and totally destroy whats left of the UK’s ship building capability.
With stunning comments like:
The biggest UK procurement project, the 21 billion pound Typhoon Fighter Aircraft (Eurofighter), is well advanced with several squadrons already operating what will be the backbone of the RAF, replacing ageing Tornados and Jaguars.
If he had done his research properly he would find the Jaguars are long gone!
He also suggests that Type 45 is perfect for air policing over Libya, of course ignoring the minor fact that 1) Its not fully capable of operating its primary weapon system yet. 2) How do you make sure your not shooting down the wrong target.
He even had the b@lls to write this guff in the comments:
Many hours of research and good old-fashioned journalism are my principle qualification for writing this story.
HACK!
Anyway make sure you have a stiff drink before reading!
http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2011/03/21/libya-crisis-could-scupper-british-aircraft-carriers-once-and-for-all/
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