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Re: Who is it that the UK and Spain intend to inva (3.50 / 2)
There's no point spending the extra for all that amphibious assault capability for a vessel that is going to be restricted to a Sea Control Ship role ... a second ship of the Príncipe de Asturias class would not only be cheaper to build and equip, but its also cheaper to maintain two ships of the same class than two ships of two different classes.

But a Sea Control Ship doesn't allow you to swagger like an Amphibious Assault Vessel.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 02:22:09 AM EST

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