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Originally Posted by AG124

Is it just me, or has the Royal Navy been cutting down its strength drastically since the Second World War? Even back then, they scrapped every CA they had (unless you count the Southampton and Edinburgh classes as CAs) and then scrapped most of their carriers in the 50s and 60s. But this seems unbelievable now.

It would be even worse for the RN had the argies not decided to get frisky in 1982.

A few more months of Sth atlantic peace and the Invinceible and her Harriers would have been Australia's