Who wants thier own personal Aircraft Carrier?
15 years ago
General
As it happens, the Disposal Services Authority site is auctioning one off;
http://www.edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Disposals-Public-Site/en_US/-/GBP/ViewProductDetail-Start;pgid=MieqQ4wkQg8000ArvQ_8K1sp000057mcrLJY?ProductUUID=38jAqBIQwVwAAAEsaApaBWLN&CatalogCategoryID=VaLAqBELPagAAAED8GeasfoP&JumpTo=OfferList
I'll bid $5!
http://www.edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Disposals-Public-Site/en_US/-/GBP/ViewProductDetail-Start;pgid=MieqQ4wkQg8000ArvQ_8K1sp000057mcrLJY?ProductUUID=38jAqBIQwVwAAAEsaApaBWLN&CatalogCategoryID=VaLAqBELPagAAAED8GeasfoP&JumpTo=OfferList
I'll bid $5!
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Then there's the little matter of the F-35B;
http://nextnavy.com/in-the-pacific-.....gic-nightmare/
And the F-35... well, period;
http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4596&from_page=../index.cfm
http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=4569&from_page=../index.cfm
http://www.flightglobal.com/article.....this-year.html
And yep, its now the C varient, with super bugs/rafale on the cards too....how the USMC hopes it'll get the B working by 2012 is beyond me XD
http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/
its not a big if boy XD its happening already
*starts digging in my pocket for some spare cash*
Nowdays you could fill the same role with UAV equipped destroyers.
Let's all go live out to sea.