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Perhaps Franklin D Roosevelt could be upgraded and transferred as an interim, Eagle upgraded and retained and the first CVN replaces Ark in 78 -80 when she was pretty shagged. I know the equipment I want to see in RN service, what is missing is a believable scenario that would convince the UK government to not just increase funding but maybe reallocate it from the other services, i.e. the RAF and Army's worst nightmare. Whatever it is it would have to be a real shock, something survived but still present and necessary to counter into the 90s, something that even the "Mobile Global RAF" would have to admit they couldn't handle without carrier support.My thinking is once the UK is out of the carrier design and build game in the late 60s, early 70s the option of a US built Nimitz derivative potentially becomes cheaper and timelier than a UK option, then once the CVN is on the way then a new, much more capable escort is needed, enter the mass produced DLGN/CGN 38 with UK systems. To me the only way the RN stays in the carrier game is if the British Government determines they need to retain globally deployable, or at least able to maintain a presence east of Suez, i.e. the cost of not doing so is much higher than of doing so, otherwise no banana.
Perhaps Franklin D Roosevelt could be upgraded and transferred as an interim, Eagle upgraded and retained and the first CVN replaces Ark in 78 -80 when she was pretty shagged. I know the equipment I want to see in RN service, what is missing is a believable scenario that would convince the UK government to not just increase funding but maybe reallocate it from the other services, i.e. the RAF and Army's worst nightmare. Whatever it is it would have to be a real shock, something survived but still present and necessary to counter into the 90s, something that even the "Mobile Global RAF" would have to admit they couldn't handle without carrier support.
My thinking is once the UK is out of the carrier design and build game in the late 60s, early 70s the option of a US built Nimitz derivative potentially becomes cheaper and timelier than a UK option, then once the CVN is on the way then a new, much more capable escort is needed, enter the mass produced DLGN/CGN 38 with UK systems.
To me the only way the RN stays in the carrier game is if the British Government determines they need to retain globally deployable, or at least able to maintain a presence east of Suez, i.e. the cost of not doing so is much higher than of doing so, otherwise no banana.
