Govan is the last active shipyard in the UK capable of assembling the hull blocks of the CV-F. There is no realistic alternative site in the United Kingdom.

You tell that Rosyth shipyard who are actually going to assemble the CVFs! 😀 Anyhow I think in the hypothetical scenario of Scotland being independent the UK government would active some English or Northern Irish dock. Apart from that Scotland would also loose some hull manufacture.

If the carrier is given the go ahead in the UK I have a gut feeling that the French will get some of the build work for the UK carriers. Maybe not a superblock but possibly the bridge block and the secondary flyco block. There are other systems that could be sourced from France as well.

I could imagine the French getting to build all of the flight deck for all three CVFs and the UK building all superblocks for all CVFs. That would be about a 2:1 workshare.

Fact is that the Islands belongs to Argentina…… it’s unbelievable that there are still imperial powers in the year 2006! Don’t forget that Latin American polotical situation is making a turn to the left……. and Argentina is this time NOT alone in the idea’s to have the islands back

Yes, unbelievable, a country that acts against the will of the people on the islands clearly is imperial, so when will Argentine give up it’s imperial policies that act against the will of the Falkland Islanders? Does the UK really need to beat you up again before you finally give up?

The French are obviously trying to find a downside to the solution. They got their hopes up that they’d get the Saudi deal and now their chances have reduced massively. I nearly feel sorry for them… nearly. 😀 By the way yesterday three Saudi Tornados touched down at Warton. It could well be that the Saudi Tornado upgrade programme is already going ahead. I know that for iirc more than a year three Saudi Tornados have been at Warton to act as prototypes. They are iirc still there so there should be six RSAF Tornados at Warton now. 🙂 😎 The Typhoon deal [and the other deals] will hopefully soon be signed.

UK BACKED DOWN.

its been all over the press today the investigation has stoped because it hurts “national” interests!

shame really

this would have made BAe less Ballchy.

And it would have made thousands of British citiziens unemployed and might have led to BAE shifting it’s business to the USA. This annoucement is very good news for the UK industry and government.

Yes good news imo. 😀

We don’t give a damn what he tells you in private. If you are unhappy, ask him for an apology privately, or go complain to the mods, but don’t ruin an otherwise interesting thread.

If you want to keep posting here, stay on topic!

Funny, you didn’t get mad at the guy who posted the Eurofighter crash article and the crash-landing photos, though that post was the worst flame in the whole thread. :rolleyes: Though I agree that it has to get on topic again, it is a good thread.