Queen Elizabeth - New Carrier.

[empip]

Why no angled flight deck ? - We invented it !

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[pete50]

It has, look at the pictures.

 

[Burnerman]

It has the 'jump' deck to suit the Harrier type of aircraft, but the main deck isn't skewed like the Nimitz class of carrier.
I think this is due to the advancements made in the powered take off catapult system. Whereas before it was a steam shuttle that was used, its now some sort of induction motor, I gather.
John

 

[durhamplumber]

why no spitfires?..We invented those too

 

[EFLImpudence]

It has one - but it's parallel to the rest of it.

 

[empip]

You would think we'd go for the best option - after the "...The (our) government gave the green light to start work (on the ships) in 2008. In 2010, it said it might prefer the F-35C (because they had greater range and payload capacity). After an investigation, it was decided that adapting for cats and traps would be too expensive. So in 2012, the government decided to stick with F-35Bs. It was up to the Royal Navy to do its best with what it had..."
Following the reality of the Falklands - It was said that the navy wished they had a 'proper' carrier with our Phantom jets, of the day, on board.

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[durhamplumber]

Two carriers...nice little earner for Rossyth and all those whinging jocks wanting Independance

 

[SirGalahad]

How much of this will all be redundant when we use drones to fly missions. The nature of the threat and missions has changed.

 

[Corgigrouch GTi]

How much of this will all be redundant when we use drones to fly missions. The nature of the threat and missions has changed.

That all depends on what you use the vessel for.. how is a drone going to help in a humanitarian crisis? Or had you forgotten that a Navy isn't just for war ?

 

[Corgigrouch GTi]

Two carriers...nice little earner for Rossyth and all those whinging jocks wanting Independance

Don't forget that the frigates need replacing too..

 

[SirGalahad]

That all depends on what you use the vessel for.. how is a drone going to help in a humanitarian crisis? Or had you forgotten that a Navy isn't just for war ?

That is a possibility but when was a carrier used in a humanitarian crisis?

 

[SirGalahad]

Don't forget that the frigates need replacing too..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...water-WARM-bungling-defence-chiefs-admit.html

Well I hope we learn from that mistake.

 

[Corgigrouch GTi]

That is a possibility but when was a carrier used in a humanitarian crisis?

Sailors aboard the USS George Washington move a pallet of drinking water across the aircraft carrier's flight deck, as the George Washington Strike Group supports the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade's relief efforts in the Philippines devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan.

 

[crystal ball]

That is a possibility but when was a carrier used in a humanitarian crisis?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tomodachi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unified_Assistance

http://navaltoday.com/2016/04/13/italian-aircraft-carrier-medics-perform-surgery-at-sea/

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-aircra...relief-operations-in-philippines/1790004.html

 

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There was a prog on Radio 4 last week about the German armed forces or should we say the PP state of readiness they are in , the lack of equipment & spending that the Germans put into there armed forces

there was a recent case were bye a German tank regiment (?) took part in a nato exercise.

They had to put broom handles on the tanks to simulate machine guns

wonder if the german tank crews had to simulate the machine gun noise using vocals