RN gets hit hard by the cuts?

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

But isn't a 6 T45 force barely adequate for the Carrier escort duties, implying that there is a shortage of ships do to the landing force escort duties and no ships availiable for other things, only T23s.

If we assume that T23s are also used for carrier/task force escorts (6 of those), then only 7 are availiable for other duties, which is completely inadequate in my opinion.

The current British government is entirely concerned with domestic concerns and maniacally reducing state spending down to roughly one third of GDP and reducing the UK's financial deficit.

Defence is an easy target as it's a fairly low priority for Joe Public.

As for the carriers, assuming the UK keeps both I'd expect one to be active with the other in reserve status. That's what's been happening with the landing ships HMS Albion and Bulwark.

Mike.