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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I'd think that at this point, the carrier is still more of a wishful dream. The British want to have a new conventional carrier, too, possibly with electromagnetic but more probably with steam catapults (I trust they want to purchase the VTOL version of the JSF, and ski-jumps don't work quite as well with that as they do with Harrier - and catapults would allow for the CTOL version, too). But changing political climates may see a lesser need for the USN to project air power, and a greater need for European navies to do so. Building a new carrier for the USN doesn't seem very acute now that there are so many CVNs to choose from, and most of those aren't geriatric yet. And we know carriers will be outdated by WWIII in the 2050s anyway, so whatever they come up with next will be the last example of that ship type... [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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