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And those are the aircraft that are meant to fly from the decks of the UK's new aircraft carriers. Without these they are just expensive floating tennis courts.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 05:52:44 PM EST
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What, the UK is no longer developing Harriers?

There's always the Eurofighter...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:06:39 AM EST
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Harriers are no longer competitive in contested airspace  (The radar equipped fighter version has been out of service since 2006)

Well there's a navalised version of the Rafaelle isn't there?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 06:17:20 AM EST
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49 tennis courts, to be precise (see 2:30 and 5:00 for details on the aircraft).

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:16:41 AM EST
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