Without Swing Wing it loses it's low level speed which was it's main selling point. Personally I feel that if we had stayed as Cat and Trap you'd be looking at: 80's Bucc and Phantom 90's Still Bucc (Tornado may never be bought for the RAF) with Phantom or maybe leased F/A-18 Early 2000's - Transiti...
ooooh now I wanna see somebody draw up what the tornado would have been when there had to be a naval version of it as well :P Hook between Engines, longer aircraft and tow bar. Issue may be a bit heavy for the smaller RN carriers! http://i.imgur.com/XyMq7tJ.png But the money wasted on the F35 b wou...
Just looked back at your SSBN and I have to say that carrying CMs compromises it. A bomber is designed to never be seen until it has launched. Fair idea but on patrols on missile type or the other, not both!
I don't see the need for supersonic flight (never have in an ECM a/c) but it would fly!!!! Depending on when it would be produced depends whether or not you need those extra 2 ECM operators.