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You fail to take into account the actual business of the military – forming units of trained personnel operating defence equipment. If the RN was to retain the STOVL capability in the new carrier(s) then the Government would not have an argument to immediately disband Joint Force Harrier and pay off the legacy STOVL carriers.By converting their carrier requirement to a CTOL carrier capability sustained jointly with partner nations (France, USA) they have a reasoned argument that the STOVL force is now redundant and not needed for continuity as they have to raise a new CTOL carrier force. Therefore the Harrier and its carriers can all be removed from service immediately (done) and a carrier capability holiday established until the new carrier(s) are ready for service at a date now delayed. Which is what they did saving a huge amount of cash over the next 10 years.
You fail to take into account the actual business of the military – forming units of trained personnel operating defence equipment. If the RN was to retain the STOVL capability in the new carrier(s) then the Government would not have an argument to immediately disband Joint Force Harrier and pay off the legacy STOVL carriers.
By converting their carrier requirement to a CTOL carrier capability sustained jointly with partner nations (France, USA) they have a reasoned argument that the STOVL force is now redundant and not needed for continuity as they have to raise a new CTOL carrier force. Therefore the Harrier and its carriers can all be removed from service immediately (done) and a carrier capability holiday established until the new carrier(s) are ready for service at a date now delayed. Which is what they did saving a huge amount of cash over the next 10 years.
