Thread: Britains Small Wars - Falklands (1982)

There was talk of us losing the Gurka's in the cuts. Now that would be a very sad day if that happened.

as i understand the cuts, 1 in 6 deployable battalions will go. all the harriers and tornados will go, to be eventually replaced with the new strike fighter not due to come in until 2020 [remember that year for a moment]. The Ark Royal will be decommissioned almost immediately to be replaced with the queen elizabeth and prince of wales in 2018. Its cheaper for the government to continue with these two than scrap the programme, however when they are commissioned one will be instantly mothballed. the new strike fighters that will populate the new carriers will not be available until two years later, so they will sail with no british jets on board, but will be able to accommodate french and american jets.
the navy will also lose 4 of its surface fleet, but the submarine fleet is untouched.

Are the new fighters you are waiting till 2020 for the JSF F35/36? If so why do you have to wait so long for them?

Edit{ I thought that places like GB would be amongst the first from out side the USA to get their hands on such air craft.}End Edit