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Thanks Naval news for the heads up, Does this bode well for QE maiden deployment to meet up with the french ? would be a good sight to see

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SW1 wrote:Wouldn’t get to excited it will be about 7 years before they appear on a boat.

Yes, Seems as though everything takes ages to integrate ....

Sounds a pretty good thing to have in the absence of a dedicated anti-ship missile, im sure a 4 F35b flight carrying 32missiles would be able to damage or deter a few vessels getting to close to our CVBG,

75nm stand of range add to that a F35b combat radius, got to be a strike of well over 500nm?

Thought the idea was to kill the rest of the population after they emerged from their bunkers after a few months ? but i could be wrong...

Defo a MAD thing to do

Is this sub going to replace the "Typhoon" class SSBN ? think they were designed to lurk about then fire thier ICBM a few months after WW3?

Wonder if the crew will have to hot bunk ? hopefully being bigger with less ICBM's there will be more space for the crews comfort.

Yeh i think your spot on looking at the finished CGI of the hull, maybe from below the Exhaust section to somewhere below & behind the bridge? with a few decks still to go on top,

Initialy I thought it was the flight deck aswell, the stabilizer fin looks very large compared to the various pictures floating around, maybe its because its the lower piece of the hull with a few decks still to stack on top, it's good to see the progress. I seem to remember reading somewhere that t...

Could that be a reason on the T26 that CAMM is higher up?

Would they use the covers on the forward mushrooms, but not cover them up on the midship CAMM ?

Does seem a waste, I think somebody mentioned that they were being used for spares? maybe with the recent increase in spending ( after the black hole ) a small amount could be prioritized to bring 2 or 3 back to service....but probably not

Didn't india state that IAC 2 was going to be conventionally powered ?

Ok I'm biased ( overly optimistic ) would love to see a new build QEC in CATOBAR configuration with the indian navy

Would be good timing as IAC 1 is nearly finished now......

Fitted For But Not with.....perhaps its for the T45 replacement on a T26 hull

Good to see that many helicopters in one spot

I am 95% sure with "global Britain" project tempest will come to fruition, hope I am not wrong

How long were the T23 susposed to be in service

Can see the T45 in service well into the 40's, what with the engine upgrades aswell, hopefully they will get the mk 41 by then

But if the RN is feeling flush ….

The RAF can have all the P8 if the FAA can have the F35b

Loyal wingman as I understand takes off a conventional runway,the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers with their ramps would likely require something very different Take off is relatively easy to solve, the candidates are small airframes. A rocket assisted ramp or a large rubber band would do. It's l...

Was hoping with the support for "Global Britain" the powers that be, may support routine deployments of 24 (UK) x F35 on the QEC deployments, hence using them hard & buying a few more regularly to replace the hardest used/early ones, but as you say if they do not commit to the carrier ...

[quote="Repulse"]I’m wondering if a deal has been done to cap the F35b to match CEPP requirements only, ensuring all a/c will be dedicated to the carriers, with the promise of future Tempest jam to the RAF. TBH, that would be a bigger win for the RN/FAA than give or take a few airframes. I...

Does that mean the order for second batch of T26 could be very close to be announced ? along with the FSS order ? maybe after the review is published new year, especially as the building of warships for commercial reasons is being touted ?

Great discussion today, taken me ages to read through which is good, Glad the FSS is now a goer :D As been said, probably not a lot of dosh for new suff, but atleast the black hole should get lighter... Would it be possible to speed up the build of the T26 ( now money is a bit more certain ) say 1 p...

500m Euro per ship, just seems a bit expensive compared to what we are paying, I know we are repurposing some equipment but I assume the lower overheads in Greece would help drive the costs down.[/quote] Would that also include the costs to set up the production line in Greece & support costs ? ...

well we did have a blue moon last month

I would really love to know how much money has been wasted since 2010 on all the the decisions to "save" money in the short term..... or maybe I wouldn't :lolno: Probably wouldn't seem so bad, but it always seems like out of service dates always apear to be extended or capabilitys gapped :...

Would be so good to see more missiles on the T45 & a dragon fire type system initialy as a supplement to CIWS I could see the T26 getting dragon fire aswell ( & maybe ExLS ) at a refit when the tech gets better, getting them in the water is probably a higher priority atm, Still think they wi...