[PeterEde (Peter)]

Originally Posted by julianh72

It's an existing Spanish design, and it was going to cost a gazillion dollars to get the STVOL ski-jump taken off, so we kept it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(LHD_02)

Yes there was discussion on removing the ramp. Why purchase a design with a ramp then?

Not saying we will have F35Bs in future but it's highly likely.

Navantia who built it is the same company that we bought the AWD from.