the bay's would make a good replacement although i would prefer a full deck. rather than just the back of the ship like Bay and Argus class if the Bays were used as the design basis i would like to be lengthened and weigh about the same as Argus about 28,000 tons.
nfloorl: :nutkickYep, & I agree. Would be very foolish to spend a fortune on the carriers & skimp on the aircraft for them.
Agreed!
It is highly unlikely they would go into a conflict with so few planes.
Whatever you're smoking, I could do with some.
The last, I believe. He does it consistently. Got a strong anti-British bias, by the look of it.
Note the word suspicion - i.e. rumour, conjecture, a guess.
It is highly unlikely they would go into a conflict with so few planes.
Whatever you're smoking, I could do with some.
Nothing is ever certain, but when it comes to defence procurement I would say that the carriers are as safe as they could be. Contracts are being handed out and both the top political parties are committed to the project.
The idea of selling them to India or China is absurd. India is building its own carriers. We would never sell aircraft carriers to China because of the way it would upset the balance of power in Asia and annoy the US and Japan. It would also go against the EU arms embargo which won't be lifted in the foreseeable future.
Given such daft comments I honestly question your knowledge of military matters or your motives - you're either ignorant or trying to talk the Royal Navy down.
he has been wrong on many things before rember last year he was propatizing the CVFs being canceled and the halfing of the escort fleet and the tankers. this was all last year and now the F35B basied of the GAO analisis of the program before the 1st test flight and the predicted cost increses. theise stats are out of date and their should be an update when the F35B starts its test flights next year.
Beedall is immensely well-informed, worthy of respect, & regrettably often right, but he does tend to be gloomy. I can't remember an instance of things turning out worse than he thinks they might, but they've often turned out better. I'd say he's an excellent point of reference for the worst case - which, to his credit, he presents as a feared possibility, rather than what will happen.
30 C-variants obviously wouldn't be enough. The only chance of it being ordered would be if the B was dropped from the project or became far too expensive - in which case the carriers would be finished as/converted to conventional platforms.
I read a similar article. It memtioned Harriers flying form the Queen Elizabeth and the ship converting to conventional carrier sooner than expected.
The RAF wants the B variant for themselves - buying a larger number of one type makes it easier to negotiate a lower price and use the planes wherever you need them.
Aren't they planned to have an electric drive, like Type 45? I'm profoundly ignorant on these matters, but my first thought is that looks ideal if an electromagnetic launch system is eventually fitted.