Sea-typhoon - please, please, please NO pretend adaptation of an aircraft designed for something completely different. Didn't people learn anything from the Seafire? and all the other weird 'adaptations' that sugared the FAA in WW2 until it was allowed to buy American - and then, later, we even managed to bgggr up the Phantom by insisting on changing the engines.
This no-cat'n'trap puts the cart before the horse - the reason for the Sea Harrier was that we no longer had a big enough ship for a c'n't aircraft. Once we have a nice big ship then surely we don't need VSTOL at all.
IMHO the real naval avaiation success stories have been with a/c designed for the Fleet from the word go, such as the Stringbag, Corsair and Buccaneer. Mind you, though, Pusser has lumbered himself with some inadequates over the years - Barracuda (just one of whose tricks was asphyxiating its pilots), Fulmar, Seamew (trying to do things on the cheap) etc.
This no-cat'n'trap puts the cart before the horse - the reason for the Sea Harrier was that we no longer had a big enough ship for a c'n't aircraft. Once we have a nice big ship then surely we don't need VSTOL at all.
IMHO the real naval avaiation success stories have been with a/c designed for the Fleet from the word go, such as the Stringbag, Corsair and Buccaneer. Mind you, though, Pusser has lumbered himself with some inadequates over the years - Barracuda (just one of whose tricks was asphyxiating its pilots), Fulmar, Seamew (trying to do things on the cheap) etc.