Frijoles wrote:

Didn't say they 'it' did, nor did I say 'they' would. But to put all the
clever Navy sophistry in perspective -- STOVL JSF is better than E/F Hornet
in substantial ways. Thus, the U.S. is going to put significant tacair
capability on a variety of ships apart from the CV. Doesn't obviate the
capabilities of bigger decks with more aircraft, but does create more tacair
capable platforms.

There's even some talk of the next generation of MPS ships having flight decks
that can operate them:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...-naval-us.html

Guy