On the utility of carriers

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Re: On the utility of carriers

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Mikey wrote:The USN might disagree, but Ways and Means sure doesn't. We can't make enough off of the jarheads alone to offset the development of the Bravo.
So try and sell it to the Spanish, Italian, Indians and Thais - they've all got Harrier carriers.
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Re: On the utility of carriers

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Captain Seafort wrote:
Mikey wrote:The USN might disagree, but Ways and Means sure doesn't. We can't make enough off of the jarheads alone to offset the development of the Bravo.
So try and sell it to the Spanish, Italian, Indians and Thais - they've all got Harrier carriers.
That's fine, but they've never bought jump jets in the numbers that you guys or the leathernecks did. Besides, they can't afford too many of these babies (don't say it, that's an entirely different conversation.)
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