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Old December 12th 04, 10:48 PM
Peter Kemp
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:08:14 -0800, hoarse with no name
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In article ,
wrote:

This would be true if large deck carriers had fixed wing ASW assets.
But they don't (or soon won't).


This thread began as a discussion of British military decisions and my
comments were in regard to this. The Brits are currently moving away
from harrier carriers to long carriers and one of the reasons given is
to increase the sub-killing powers of their carrier force.


Err, how?

The CV(F) will be carrying JSF, which has no capability against
submerged subs, Merlin, which does not require a big deck, and the
future replacement for the AEW Sea Kings, which also don't require a
big deck (and also don't kill subs).

So where's the extra sub killing coming from?

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