"I still wish we'd managed to sort out the new carriers' power"
It wasn't the power that precluded F35Cs
BAE Systems are building the ships.
BAE Systems are providing mantainence contracts for the F35
BAE Systems quoted more than the price of a new ship to convert the existing ones from skiramp to flattop - the price being close to the actual cost of conversion ($100 million) PLUS the amount it would lose out on from not having the F35 contract.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
