[GATOR NAVY]

And I do not and have never believed the new carrier program will be completed as projected. If the RN can’t afford to run frigates it can’t afford carrier groups.

Yep. And they aren't even operating all three of the current carriers listed. INVINCIBLE is in ready mothballs.

[Non-Sequitur]

Yep. And they aren't even operating all three of the current carriers listed. INVINCIBLE is in ready mothballs.

That's been the cycle ever since the Ark Royal was commissioned. The Royal Navy keeps two active and the third in overhaul or laid up.