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> The one EU nation that has to buy the F-35B is the UK. Because we're building a couple of supercarriers without catapults, so they've got to field STOVL plane
by mariuolo 11y ago
> The one EU nation that has to buy the F-35B is the UK. Because we're building a couple of supercarriers without catapults, so they've got to field STOVL planes,
Also Italy and Spain, for the same reason.
- sspiff 11y agoDo all these nations use STOVL-only carrier designs? I thought there were conventional take-off carriers as well... Or were these fleets built from passed-on UK carriers? Edit: Just did some research, and apparently the countries mentioned here (UK, France and Spain) are currently operating STOVL design carriers.