The point is that the refuelling is controllable and outside of the operations area.

Labour could, possibly if Corbyn decides to follow his pledge to support a GE once the extension has been agreed

non-nuclear, chances are you're gonna have to stop to refuel mid operations

Diesel carriers also piss off enviromentalists so that is a plus

I don't think the Lib Dems or Greens will

You don't have to stop, the operation can continue while refuling occurs @leavethisbotnet

As it did in the Falklands conflict

Actually the Lib Dems could

nuclear refueling is strategic concern, whereas oil refuelling is tactical and operational concern

They stand to gain quite a lot of seats in a GE

US with its industrial capacity can deal with the strategic concern easier than UK

The refueling and supply process can occur at any time and does not significantly hinder the operations of the task force

The reason that US has exclusively nuclear is they have to think of a way to spend the ridiculous budget the military gets

True, since they have 11 carriers <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

But, most countries aren't America

Of course, it's a balancing act. For UK, non nuclear was the right choice.

I think the F-35B was as well

@Hopix There's running speculation that they deliberately changed the font to Comic Sans for hate Tweets

Rather than putting in a catapult and buying C's

F-35 is one giant mistake altogether.

I think the MOW is sensible to constrain their ambitions for now

Well, it's better than the harriers we were operating

And it's the best on the market that meets our requirements

Though, I'd love to see a UK designed aircraft to go on them

More military funding 😍

Once Brexit's restored us to our Imperial glory we can start spending big on the military

Not like UK had the money, time and spare diplomatic credit to ditch US with their failed lockheeb abomination and develop their own though...

Well, that's gonna require some annexations of former dominions

and some republics

That's the plan

War Plan Red has noted how extremely dependent the UK is on areas beyond the home islands

Reassert the queen's claims to the duchies of Aquitane and Normandy

Before a study conducted during WWII, UK war planning evidently called for capitulation in the event that the home islands were blockaded

Well, the hope was economies of scale would lower the cost of the aircraft @leavethisbotnet

Which to an extent is happening

When you look at origional unit costs compared to today

But there were too many requirements from the US military on the aircraft

Developing our own planes would be stupidly expensive

It's *too* multirole.

The only countries that are buying F-35 are those that want to earn US good boy points.

Sadly true @Dubdogelmo