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So, the HMS Britannia was commissioned today, becoming the largest aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy to date. Britannia is to be carry the Hawker Siddeley Sea Fury II, the latest in a family of supersonic V/STOL fighters that began in 1968 with the Hawker Siddeley Rapier.

Here's an interesting thought experiment: what if the P.1154, the prototype on which the Rapier was based, was rejected by the Royal Navy?
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