We could do worse than put forward an offer for her. Then we could snap up some F-18s at a fraction of the price of the F-35s and that would do us well for all that we need out of Andrews airforce for the time being.
EDIT: Not that I am complaining that we are building very modern and effective warships, nor am I complaining about the employment that the construction of these vessels makes. I look forward to seeing the QEII carriers, and I hope we are able to afford both of them. Unfortunately it's the continued rising costs of the procurement of weaponry for our armed forces that forces us to decide between having two very effective, modern carriers or six well armed and capable carriers. An example I keep coming back to is the example of the German Panzers vs the American Shermans, one Panzer commander once said "We could kill four or five of your Shermans for each one of our Panzers, unfortunately, you always brought six" Quantity sometimes has a Quality of its own. Obviously there are exceptions to the rule, but when one unit costs so much, and can be taken down by a unit which costs a LOT less, then financial logic dictates that the army with the more expensive equipment is going to run out first.
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