On 09/06/2014 23:31, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , John
Rumm wrote:

On 09/06/2014 09:31, Jabba wrote:
harryagain scribbled...



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.

Er. We are building new ones.


One may not be built, if it is, it will be mothballed immediately. The
second might be in service in 6 years time. So we would have been
without a carrier for almost 10 years - they're not exactly vital to
our
defence are they?

Going back to the Falklands, we had 2 carriers and they were not used
well. The admiral in charge was a prat. I've read a couple of
books by
harrier pilots and none have a good word for Woodward. His ****ups put
pressure on the Navy afterwards.

Yup 'Sharkey' Ward's book was not exactly complimentary...

Seems to me he was just cautious. Lose a carrier and it would have been
game over.

If you were cautious you would learn the abilities of your air defences
and use them to best advantage... he basically dismissed them even
though they were pivotal to the outcome.


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Cheers,

John.

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