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[Army Air Corps]

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[tanknetter]

This is a battle between the Royal Navy, which flies Harriers,

Actually, the Royal Navy flew (past tense) Sea Harriers ... before the RAF persuaded them to give up the Sea Harriers' unique capabilities in favor of the RAF's Harrier GR.9.

Now the RAF is trying to pull the rug COMPLETELY out from underneath the RN when it comes to carrier-capable fixed wing. The Harrier GR.9s are better strike platforms (and better than nothing), but they don't in any way come near the organic counter-air capabilities that the Shar took to sea. The Brits were supposed to have learned the hard way (Falklands) the value of organic air cover. Not.

[Kevmo]

Too bad the brits cancelled the P1154 supersonic harrier project in the 1960s. They could have had their cake & eat it, too.

[Vroomfondel]

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[DesScorp]

The truth is that Britain can’t afford those carriers OR the aircraft for them.

[magslinger]

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