Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "The Supermarine Scimitar; Not too Sharp" video.

  1.  @Farweasel  not anymore, the only thing ludicrous about the new Queen Elizabeth Class? We went to the huge effort and expense of not only building them, and not just one of them but two, but also getting the tremendously pricey F35B Lightning II to fly from them; aaaand then chose to use straight decks and ski-ramps rather than angled decks and catapults, for whatever pennies that would save, and ON a massive full-size fleet carrier that then goes on a round-the-world voyage, so the whole bloody world sees it and how penny-pinching we are. Oh yeah and we then get the planes for them piecemeal and agonisingly slowly (and those we do get are operated by the RAF not the FAA and so spend most of their time operating from land-bases); so these new carriers, the pride of the Royal Navy mind you, basically become a pair of huge 70,000-ton helicopter-carriers that occasionally are visited by F35's, THAT'S the truly ludicrous thing
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  2.  @Farweasel  I guess we should just be grateful Britain actually HAS any aircraft carriers at all though; knowing the British government's love of sweeping military budget-cuts whenever things are looking remotely tight in other areas, it's actually kinda amazing our Navy's still as large and capable as it IS
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