On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:52:07 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article sting.com,
Jabba wrote:

It cost over a £1million for every bomb that hit the runway, when the
fleet had the same bombs available for their aircraft, which were
several thousand miles closer to the target. The operation was
performed to wind up the RN, in an attempt to prove that aircraft
carriers have no use. Looks like they won as we don't have any
carriers now and all the aircraft the navy used have been scrapped.

It's more important for Britain to have a Navy - with carriers - almost
than anything else, defence-wise.

looks sceptical

But, regardless of anything else, did you listen to R4's History of the
Royal Navy?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046czzn