Guys, you inspire me. I wrote a paper as an undergraduate about how important large deck aircraft carrier were. I love the inside about seeing all of varieties of aircraft design on the deck of a nuclear carrier in the 90s. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why they didn’t continue with the Intruder either (even if only to keep up with the naval literary fiction). I wrote a bit (that was very well accepted by everyone other than the then disgraced Gary Hart) about the limitations of the projecting power from a ski jump carrier in the Falklands romp. Without the generous help of the United States, I’m sure you’d all admit that the operation would have gone “pear-shaped” without US use of bases for long range refueling. And though he’s got in a bit of trouble, his heroism should not be canceled. A child of the queen was flying picket duty in the helicopter to try to divert Exocet missiles. The jump carriers didn’t have that “CAP” and no one really wants to talk about it (UK, US or Argentina for that matter).
My friends from the country of endless beef still bemoan fate of the General Belgrano. And the first thing they remind me _each time_ is our (US) intelligence and logistical support.
I really don’t know if anybody wants to hear about this but I would love your collective jocularity and _esprit de corps_ go right at the limitations of the British fleet in a set of podcasts. Coming as I do from La La Land, I have to imagine that there is a documentary series that would be scooped up by one of the contact networks desperate for content about something other than either Covid or Wokism.
And I highly encourage you to promote “tGreyhound”.I have no continuing economic interest with its success or failure but it does seem like something that’s “in the moment” that you should all discuss.
Note, I have nothing to do with its success or failure.
