Is the British govt saying that they cannot finish the two ships?! That just cannot be what is meant. There is no way they could get away with canceling the things now. Much as I disapprove of these two ships waaaaaaaay too much time and money has been invested in them to back out at this stage!

Is Zimbabwe ordering J17?

I seem to recall reading a while ago that the RAF had looked into aquiring Viggen at one point. Anyone else ever hear of this?

Nice bomb throw there. Lets see who bites.

1 squadron SAAF. F.1AZ was AMAZING!

Well………I doubt Buccaneer could have been operated with adequate safety margins off the French carriers (Hermes had problems with them, she really wasnt big enough) The three Invincibles started out as cruisers that then morphed into through deck ASW/command ships……..they really werent designed with Harrier in mind.
But, once again, the choice of fighter aircraft the RN made was really irrelevent as far as the carrier force being cancelled was concerned, in the early 70s when the concervative govt had a chance to revive RN carrier air power……they chose not to spend the money on it. Clemy sized ships simply wouldnt have made a difference. Remember, the Invincibles werent even refered to as aircraft carriers until 1980.