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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
The AV-8B Harrier II, basically a more capable (all weather/Day and Night) American modification that formed the basis for the UK's GR5/7/9 Harrier II.
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Actually a
joint US/UK modification of the original Harrier, springing from an original British proposal.
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If things get that bad I'm sure the US Navy has some mothballed Destroyers left over from the Cuban Missile Crisis they could loan you, those would be just as effective as those Type 22 frigates I think.
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Given the condition, design and eventual cost of the last US destroyers we got, I doubt the Royal Navy considers you have anything suitable to replace a mature, combat-proven class ("combat" not including driving them into Iraqi minefields, USN-style).