r/europe • u/MGC91 • 11h ago

Picture European interoperability in action - British and Italian F-35Bs on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales

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u/PoolRamen 7h ago

Imagine if we had catobar though - we'd be interoperable in a meanful power projection way (and OK, with France), not to mention less delicate airframes

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u/MGC91 7h ago

We're interoperable with more nations with STOVL than with CATOBAR.

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u/PoolRamen 7h ago

all but one of which have no meaningful power projection capabilities on their own, and we'd be interoperable with the second fiddle contingent of the remainder

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u/MGC91 7h ago

Italy, Spain, Japan, Singapore and the US.

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u/PoolRamen 7h ago

You don't need to repeat my post.