No F-35's for you RecipTrinity wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:18 am https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-me ... sian-navy/
NATO member Turkey and Russians hold joint Naval exercise.
Thought exercise : how might this have played out had Flynn survived ?
The Iron Fraulein proposes joint EU aircraft carrier ..
To be built from scratch (empty EUroburgher posturing - likely to never happen). They can't build a conventional carrier without US catapult & arresting gear + US testing & tech development. The French are now deploying with their Rafales aboard a US carrier, to maintain the capability while their carrier is in overhaul.
The Brits are already buying F-35B's to operate from their 2 ski jump carriers.
The Italians & Spanish could do the same from their combined 3 existing Harrier ski jump carriers.
They could do the same from a ski jump retrofit to the 3 French Mistral class LHA's already in service.
A lot quicker & more bang for the buck for the Med, Black Sea, North Sea, & Baltic Sea.
Or they could buy the USS Truman, at a discount, & pay for it's upcoming midlife refueling.