"Navy’s pride HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will depend on French’" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Nov 2014 9:43 p.m. PST |
"The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, Britain's largest ever warship, was described as a "source of inspiration" by the Queen when she christened the vessel at Rosyth, Scotland in July. The ship is due to be launched in 2017, although delays are expected. But for three years while her sister carrier the Prince of Wales is being completed in Rosyth, there will be no dry dock large enough for Queen Elizabeth if she needs underwater repairs…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 04 Nov 2014 12:20 a.m. PST |
Ooooops, that is embarrassing. |
Jemima Fawr | 04 Nov 2014 4:53 a.m. PST |
Why? This was agreed between the UK and France some years ago, as part of our closer military cooperation in a number of areas. Was it 'embarrassing' for the French that they had to rely on the RAF for C17 and Sentinel support in Mali? Of course not. |
Only Warlock | 04 Nov 2014 7:18 a.m. PST |
They are part of the same government now so of course it's not embarrassing. However, the inability for member states to fully support their own forces in the field is a downstream result of relying on the US so heavily for the last 65 years. Now that we have dramatically reduced our European footprint there is going to be a while where they decide how to adjust their force projection ability. |
Jemima Fawr | 04 Nov 2014 7:50 a.m. PST |
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Lion in the Stars | 04 Nov 2014 11:11 a.m. PST |
"same government" = EU. Doesn't the UK have any big shipbuilding industry any more? No supertankers or anything like that built in the UK? I'm sure that if the QE broke close to a US port, we'd be able to find drydock space to rent out. |
Jemima Fawr | 04 Nov 2014 11:46 p.m. PST |
The EU, despite its malign aspirations, is not the British Government and does not direct defence policy for individual member-states, even though it would like to. |
David Manley | 05 Nov 2014 1:43 p.m. PST |
No dry dock "available" in the UK because at present H&W aren't interested and have full order books for their offshore energy business. But it would be possible to dock QE and PoW in their yard in Northern Ireland |
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