Re: UK Learning To Fly Off Big Decks Again

"Paul J. Adam" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:
:Oh, most definitely - but a big deck lets you embark more of whatever
:assets you're planning to use. During Telic, Ark Royal acted as a LPH
:with success, but more helo spots and maybe some fixed-wing air would
:have helped.
:

It also lets you operate real AEW aircraft. If you'd had a 'big deck'
carrier you likely wouldn't have lost any ships at all, since you'd
have seen the Argentine aircraft coming long before they came close to
missile range and could have easily taken them out.


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