The thing that worries me most is both Countries are Nuclear Powers!

Rumour has it the Pakistani nukes are in the control of a fairly sane general. Not sure about the situation with the Indian nukes.

I take it the Barge is one of the semi-submersible efforts, that take in half the North Sea as Ballast to lower the platform deck (Sorry I’m not very Nautical with terminology) into the water and allow the section to float off ?

I’d guess they would use what they used for this current block, which is a ship, the AMT Trader. If you look up a few posts at the one by 90infirst he has some links to pictures of it 🙂

I have reservations about JCA myself but I think that you are being a little trite (funny but trite) with that one.

The last WAR we were in was WWII. We have certainly attacked targets overseas (and often with strong justification) but not when said targets have threatened the British Isles militarily. That distinction is not just a matter of semantics; any foe which could strike the British Isles is going to be a genuine peer opponent and one aganst whom VLO might actually be vital.

Such an expensive warplane is not really ideal for attrition warfare 😎

did i say that we didnt have a first day strike capability? ermm no i think i did. if you read what i wrote i stated that i think the RAF want the first strike ability it offers. ie improvements over what current systems offer stealth and top notch EW suites ect.. so you can roll your eyes in another direction please.

So you admit it doesn’t provide any difference in the capability to strike on the first day then. Just to make sure we are all agreed on that, since I wouldn’t want there to be any misunderstandings ;). As for my eyes, they roll where they wish, we like in a supposedly free society, and my eyes are entitled to their three degrees of freedom 😎

A hybrid/compromise. Not to put it down, but thats what it is.

So one or two cats is a compromise, three is a “real carrier”. LOL 😀

Well actually it’s more like 6+ cats and it’s a real carrier, everything else is a compromise 😎

As it always should be, a carrier is after all nothing more than a floating airbase for forward based assets, whichever assets are most suited to the task at hand are what should be aboard.

Of course to do that it always helps to have said assets!

are you sure? even after Obama’s administration is done with it? 😉

I’ve read it could be 2 or 3 CVs for the axe?

Maybe it’s some kind of heat reflective paint, or perhaps just a lighter colour 🙂