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Could the British services really have modernized the Pom-Pom together?

The technically plausible joint modernization remains politically unrealistic because sustained Royal Navy, RAF, and Army cooperation was unlikely.

Question

How politically realistic was joint Royal Navy, RAF, and Army modernization of the Pom-Pom?

Short answer

It was not realistic; the required degree of interservice cooperation was very unlikely.

Notes

Sustained cooperation among the Royal Navy, RAF, and Army is judged politically unrealistic. The hypothetical modernization depended on a level of interservice cooperation considered very unlikely.