The Brits are scheduled to have their Queen Elizabeth-class CVF's in service by 2012.
Now is a good time for them to start getting the experience that will be required.
Interestingly enough the Brit Carriers are to be based here...
The Brits developed the cat system, so why is that it looks like the trust defelctor and starting point for launch is at or past the middle of the deck? And why a ramp if they could use a cat and it looks like they could only launch one plane at a time.
I know they had ramps for the Harrier jump jets, but were they not going to go with someother design, like the carrier variant of the F35 (pictured)?
Brits use jump jet take off.