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Originally Posted by buckleb
While I agree with the sentiment, I'm not so sure that the country, as a whole, is getting anything like its 'money's worth'. Keeping people gainfully employed must surely be secondary to national defence, yes?
An aircraft carrier that has no aircraft is useless. That is the bottom line.
This isn't a party-political thing, more of a MOD 'no-clue' thing and is an issue that will not be addressed while the underlying reasons for the abysmal planning and execution of this build are buried beneath partisan politics.
We are all paying for this travesty, no matter what our political affiliation may be.
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You need to stop reading the whining left-wing Press. The aircraft carrier will have aircraft, both fixed and rotary-winged, on the day she needs them. There would be no point buying sufficient F-35Bs to station on board today. They come with big maintenance costs and for what? The ship isn't even commissioned yet, and even after it is it will take another year to 18 months to prove all her systems and her crew.
On the day that HMS Queen Elizabeth is fit to be deployed, she will have fighters and helicopters on board.