Ark Royal Scrapped
Discussion
What it says (apart from the spelling mistake!) :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11570593
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11570593
Edited by dr_gn on Monday 18th October 22:32
Simpo Two said:
Mind you what it will actually carry is another matter.
Reading that article the implication is that the F35B is dead in the water; if one of the flattops is getting catapults and arrester gear there doesn't seem any point in not doing the same for the other as well. Perhaps CMD has been given advance warning that the F35B is getting cancelled.hidetheelephants said:
Perhaps CMD has been given advance warning that the F35B is getting cancelled.
Nope, just finally someone has had a sense of reality and realised that Dave-B is a waste of money.There was talk of RN getting Super Bugs, but it would seem now that it will be a small order of Dave-C's instead for just the one carrier..... now whether that means that the RAF will get Dave-A's to replace the Tonka fleet by the mid 2020's or just more carrier spec Dave-C's for fleet commonality, much like the F-4 order back in the 1960's is anyone's guess.
hidetheelephants said:
Simpo Two said:
Mind you what it will actually carry is another matter.
Reading that article the implication is that the F35B is dead in the water; if one of the flattops is getting catapults and arrester gear there doesn't seem any point in not doing the same for the other as well. Perhaps CMD has been given advance warning that the F35B is getting cancelled.aeropilot said:
Corsair7 said:
These ships wont be long enough to enable an aircraft to take off again or have a design allowing 'safe' ditching, will they?.
They are. The design has always allowed for possible cat n trap fittment.Navalised Typhoons?
mybrainhurts said:
Bloody hell...
What happens if Ireland invades...?
By the time they've worked out that Eyjafjallajökull isn't Welsh, that Snowdon isn't on fire, that they've porked-up the navigation and invaded Iceland (again)...you'll be done and dusted with operation MyBrainHurtsFrance.What happens if Ireland invades...?
eharding said:
mybrainhurts said:
Bloody hell...
What happens if Ireland invades...?
By the time they've worked out that Eyjafjallajökull isn't Welsh, that Snowdon isn't on fire, that they've porked-up the navigation and invaded Iceland (again)...you'll be done and dusted with operation MyBrainHurtsFrance.What happens if Ireland invades...?
Dunk76 said:
aeropilot said:
Corsair7 said:
These ships wont be long enough to enable an aircraft to take off again or have a design allowing 'safe' ditching, will they?.
They are. The design has always allowed for possible cat n trap fittment.Navalised Typhoons?
Look at my post a few before. Most likely F-35C now that they are going to build the first carrier as a helo only one and cat n trap the 2nd one and then either mothball or sell the first one once the 2nd one enters service.
mybrainhurts said:
eharding said:
mybrainhurts said:
Bloody hell...
What happens if Ireland invades...?
By the time they've worked out that Eyjafjallajökull isn't Welsh, that Snowdon isn't on fire, that they've porked-up the navigation and invaded Iceland (again)...you'll be done and dusted with operation MyBrainHurtsFrance.What happens if Ireland invades...?
aeropilot said:
Dunk76 said:
aeropilot said:
Corsair7 said:
These ships wont be long enough to enable an aircraft to take off again or have a design allowing 'safe' ditching, will they?.
They are. The design has always allowed for possible cat n trap fittment.Navalised Typhoons?
Look at my post a few before. Most likely F-35C now that they are going to build the first carrier as a helo only one and cat n trap the 2nd one and then either mothball or sell the first one once the 2nd one enters service.
I give up.
ATG said:
mybrainhurts said:
eharding said:
mybrainhurts said:
Bloody hell...
What happens if Ireland invades...?
By the time they've worked out that Eyjafjallajökull isn't Welsh, that Snowdon isn't on fire, that they've porked-up the navigation and invaded Iceland (again)...you'll be done and dusted with operation MyBrainHurtsFrance.What happens if Ireland invades...?
Dunk76 said:
go down to 25 Frigates,
I think the RN would love to have 25 Frigates.... but it's been many a year since they've had that many.The RN is actually now going to reduce from 24 to just 19 warships of all types, not just Frigates.
So, essentially, the 6 x Type 45 Destroyers already ordered (HMS Daring already in service with 5 more to come) plus the existing 13 x Type 23 Frigates......?
aeropilot said:
hidetheelephants said:
Perhaps CMD has been given advance warning that the F35B is getting cancelled.
Nope, just finally someone has had a sense of reality and realised that Dave-B is a waste of money.There was talk of RN getting Super Bugs, but it would seem now that it will be a small order of Dave-C's instead for just the one carrier..... now whether that means that the RAF will get Dave-A's to replace the Tonka fleet by the mid 2020's or just more carrier spec Dave-C's for fleet commonality, much like the F-4 order back in the 1960's is anyone's guess.
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