| Tango01 | 08 Sep 2014 9:54 p.m. PST |
…of Wales after Nato leaders agree to boost military spending. "The Royal Navy's second new aircraft carrier is to be brought into service instead of being sold off.
The unexpected announcement about the 65,000-ton HMS Prince Of Wales was made at the Nato summit in Wales.
The Queen launched the first of the two new vessels, HMS Queen Elizabeth, in July, amid concerns over whether Britain could afford the £6.20 GBPbillion cost for both carriers…"
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TimeCast  | 09 Sep 2014 3:56 a.m. PST |
Great…two aircraft carriers with no aircraft. |
| zippyfusenet | 09 Sep 2014 5:10 a.m. PST |
Organize a bake sale, TimeCast. |
| Neroon | 09 Sep 2014 6:15 a.m. PST |
Great…two aircraft carriers with no aircraft There is a Hurricane for sale, but at 2.5 million quid it might be more than the gov't can afford.  |
| GROSSMAN | 09 Sep 2014 6:39 a.m. PST |
I would take that over the F-35… |
| GROSSMAN | 09 Sep 2014 6:41 a.m. PST |
Better yet, you could buy 50 Hurricanes (if available) for the price of one F-35- I like those odds. |
| Paint it Pink | 09 Sep 2014 7:46 a.m. PST |
Trouble is, if I've understood the logistics training arguments correctly, is that you really need three of everything. One out on patrol. One with the crew being worked up after a patrol One being refitted and giving the crew shore leave. So we need one more carrier. |
| PHGamer | 09 Sep 2014 7:52 a.m. PST |
3 of everything? Maybe the idea of time sharing with the French will resurface… |
| Tarleton | 09 Sep 2014 8:00 a.m. PST |
Don#t know how they'll crew 2, never mind if they had 3! |
| Front Door | 09 Sep 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
You only need a skeleton crew if it's along side in Devonport! |
| boy wundyr x | 09 Sep 2014 11:50 a.m. PST |
@Paint It Pink – maybe they'll just skip the "out on patrol" part and just move them back and forth between berths… |
| jeffbird | 10 Sep 2014 3:35 a.m. PST |
Should have gone for the Rafale or a Naval version of the gripen for the two ships |
| Observer | 10 Sep 2014 7:39 a.m. PST |
I'd have thought a Naval version of the Typhoon would make a lot more sense than either Rafale or Gripen. |
| jeffbird | 10 Sep 2014 12:51 p.m. PST |
tue, but with the rafale, there is already a naval version, think there was a naval version of the gripen being mentioned, but i could be wrong. |
| Lion in the Stars | 10 Sep 2014 2:22 p.m. PST |
The problem with all three of those options (Typhoon, Rafale, or Gripen) is that they're all CATOBAR. Catapult-assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery. How much $$ do you want to spend re-designing the ships again to have catapults and arresting gear? |
| EJNashIII | 10 Sep 2014 7:14 p.m. PST |
Maybe they can sweet talk the US marines into giving back a few harriers |
| Tango01 | 12 Sep 2014 10:31 p.m. PST |
Assembly phase for new aircraft carrier begins "The largest hull sections of Britain's second of two new aircraft carriers have been docked in Scotland, marking the beginning of the ship's assembly.
The two hull sections -- one weighing about 6,700 tons and one weighing at nearly 9,000 tons -- were built by BAE Systems at company facilities in Portsmouth, England, and Glasgow, Scotland and are now in dry dock at Rosyth. "Every milestone in the carrier program is hugely significant and the recent announcement that HMS PRINCE OF WALES will enter service means there is a real sense of excitement as we start to bring the second ship together," said Ian Booth, managing director at the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. "Everyone working across the Alliance is incredibly proud of the work undertaken so far, in what is currently one of the biggest engineering projects in the country, and we remain focused on delivering both ships to the highest standards."
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