Terran
Well-Known Member
For a CATBAR carrier of a nation without better yes. But you are talking about a moving from an Airwing capability of 60-90 on Ford and Nimitz class to one designed for 40 or less. That’s a significant down step. Farther when you consider the MQ25 and other unmanned platforms being added to the USN Airwing.Actually if the QE class was modified to CATOBAR then it definitely would meet the criteria. I do believe that there exists a CATOBAR design option for it, because the UK looked at it and started the process around 2011 when their pollies were going through their cost cutting frenzy.
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