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And we americans thought we had the monopoly on imbecility and cluelessness. What is the UK thinking?!! And what kind of deficits will they be running in the future if they persist in thinking they are a world power? Maybe an Irish Sea power.. And 2 new huge aircraft carriers...Jeez...http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4262046.ece
Personally, I doubt whether these aircraft carriers will ever be completed. The French have had enormous problems with theirs and I believe they are heavily involved in this lot.
The "best" thing about them is that they so drain the "defence" budget that there is little left over to start new "fronts against terrorism".
These expensive toys are highly vulnerable to shore-based missiles and so cannot be used properly in restricted waters like the Persian Gulf. They are about as useful as the battleships the Prince of Wales and the Repulse were in 1941
Alfred,
You are right about aircraft carriers being obsolete dinosaurs with HUGE radar signatures. The War Nerd explains this in his usual amusing, snarky style (vulgar language warning):
http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=6779&IBLOCK_ID=35
Errol in Miami
edited to fix link
Where do you think we Americans got our imbecility and cluelessness? The acorn doesn't fall far from the oak, as they say.