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Originally Posted by Dectilion
I just thought it through, and it occurs to me, the plan is to have one CVF in commission and one in refit. So using one as a LPH isn't viable, id imagine the navy would rather have a carrier than and LPH. And i doubt typical load of JSF would be 12, though a should have taken into account the units going to the RAF
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Ideally, yes, but you have to understand the realities of the situation. At some stage, Ocean will be in re-fit.
The brand new CVF's wont be.
Therefore, as now, one of the CVF's will play a role not suited to them... the numbers game makes it unavoidable....
On the typical load front - its a bit of speculation true - however it depends whose winning the propaganda battle at the time, and the RAF has been more sucessful than the RN in recent years.
12 sounds like bugger all, although compared to the SHAR, it is a massive increase in capablilty. Surging RAF units to bolster the organic RN contingent isnt ideal but certainly better than nothing..