If the level of survivability built into T26 is anywhere near that of CVF (See Hinpool's comment on CVF survivability over at Warships1), then that could be an indication of why T26 cost considerably more than a FREMM?

R686 wrote: that's where having the correct terminology is important, to joe public anything with a flat deck is a aircraft carrier but here a carrier is a carrier and an LHD is a LHD

Call it a commando carrier, and Joe public will understand, politicians will understand.

To keep them in service for another 30 years the article states

Taking this in consideration the F-35 operable from the Cavour should be between 10-12 and obviously less than 24 . Which isn't a bad capability, but i'd sooner have 2 QEC than 3 Cavour. This reminds me of an article Spazsinbad posted back in 2013 on f-16.net An Italian Rear Admiral stated that Cav...

Navy Matters: Australia Unlikely To Support U.S.

Generally a great blog that I have followed since its creation. But its latest article, as one guy put it in the comment section, is "stump dumb".

I wonder what will replace her?

A couple more ASW T26 is far more valuable, capability wise, than 5, 6 or even 10 pretend frigates (I.e T31). A River B3 with hangar / space for future MCM kit and 3 x 30 mm's is perfect for constabulary duties. Build 16 or so, and they will be cheap as chips - replacing the Hunts, Sandowns, GP T23s...

You have linked that to a quote where I am not being told any information neither am I arguing against any information, I am just being insulted for my grammar and spelling. Now if someone wants to debate and descuse an topic I am all up for that, I have had them meany times on here and have conced...

Jake, are you sure you're not just retarded?

Yes, I have watched the interview. I have also seen the requirements documents, design drawings and read the capability analysis. But what do I know... So the interview was talking about the capabilities of the QE and the interviewer asking how many aircraft they can carry clearly meaning operate j...

The "crappy T31" when you have no idea what there going to be like just like everyone on here you may be right they might come out as just pimped out OPVs but you could just as easily be wrong and they come out as capable light frigate capable of escorting. No one on here knows what they ...

Jake1992 wrote:You say we only have 6 AAW and 8 ASW but you neglect the 5 GP escorts we have.

Do you mean those 5 T23s on borrowed time? Or the crappy little T31?

You are delusional if you think the RN surface fleet is significantly larger than the RAN.

To me a QE would be over kill for the RAN aswell and throughing thier budget in to complet chaos Aside from SSNs, the RAN is, or is set to be, of a similar size to the RN. It also faces many of the same threats and responsibilities of the RN. So I don't think a large deck carrier is overkill for th...

To me a QE would be over kill for the RAN aswell and throughing thier budget in to complet chaos Aside from SSNs, the RAN is, or is set to be, of a similar size to the RN. It also faces many of the same threats and responsibilities of the RN. So I don't think a large deck carrier is overkill for th...

Regional Power – a country lacking the comprehensive attributes of a superpower, or even the reach of a global power, but with a strong and highly concentrated regional footprint, perhaps extending to the nearest zones of adjacent continents. This definition screams CHINA! There is only one Super P...

Don't get excited. I expect it will be a "Unicorn" FFBNW the horn.

Just an observation, but it does seem to me that the loose "standard" for the larger European NATO navies is approximately 5 AAW, 8 ASW, 5 (usually lighter) GP surface ships and 7 SSK/SSN. If you ± 1 those figures, it covers the UK, France and Italy, with Spain and Germany falling a littl...

"the Royal Navy Wildcats currently lack a data link" That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a while, how is that acceptable? Brand new kit and its only way of transferring data is the same way they did in WW2. Building any new kit build without a data link is a stupid idea, never mind the...

I thought CAMM was meant to have some capability in the local area defence role, and not entirely point-defence?

Well, the last time the Army gave numbers, it had 5648 Land Rovers of various kinds and 628 Pinzgauers. It wanted to replace a good portion of these with MRV-P. In addition, there are 344 RWMIK, 311 Husky, 401 Panther, 437 Jackal, 71 Coyote and 399 Foxhound. That's over 8000 candidates for a MRV-P ...

R686 wrote:

SKB wrote:Strange that an aircraft carrier can look prettier and more elegant than a bland and boxy looking cruise ship

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

What are you saying?

If Type 31 is to free up the Type 26 and Type 45 for carrier strike by performing the peacetime presence / constabulary tasks, then it is the most expensive option on the table. Spending 330 million (apiece) on something that looks like a frigate but doesn't have have the capabilities of a frigate =...

... but T31 is useless

I was trying to show if Australia reduced its emissions to 0 the earths temp would reduce by 2050 by 0.0154 °C hardly worth the price of hurting our economy, I'm not against solar or wind but it will never replicate coal or gas and our hydro schemes across Australia for base load power , to replica...