Comments by "Bob thebomb" (@bobthebomb1596) on "Finland Chooses the F-35 | HX challenge for the Finnish Air Force | What does Russia think?" video.

Italy and the UK operate the F35B, S Korea and Singapore have selected them. Few countries have a need for the C variant as they are intended for carrier operations.
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@davem2369 The one credible argument in favour of the decision to drop CATOBAR from the QE's is that the ships have no steam generation system installed. The propulsion system uses electric motors and there were doubts on the reliability of EMALS (which the Ford has found to its cost). I still wish that they had gone with the system though.
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@davem2369 The French could use it as their carriers use the CATOBAR system, but would the French ever buy a non-French aircraft?
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