She certainly is, hopefully she'll put a bit more ocean between her and the IoW this time.
Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Wonder how many F35 will be involved in the SRVL trials ?
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The UK's biggest warship, HMS Prince of Wales, has departed Portsmouth naval base for sea trials.
https://www.forces.net/qe-class-aircraf ... watch-live
https://www.forces.net/qe-class-aircraf ... watch-live
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Looking good so far!
For the occasion, an excellent thread from Navy Lookout:
What particularly caught my eyes, apart from V-22 trials, is the tesing of the Windracers ULTRA (Unmanned Low-cost TRAnsport), developed at the University of Southampton. Which can carry a rather impressive nominal payload of 100kg over 1000km.
For the occasion, an excellent thread from Navy Lookout:
What particularly caught my eyes, apart from V-22 trials, is the tesing of the Windracers ULTRA (Unmanned Low-cost TRAnsport), developed at the University of Southampton. Which can carry a rather impressive nominal payload of 100kg over 1000km.
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What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?
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I'm a bit bewildered by the lack of defensive weapons across both carriers. Suspect it's another gap in our capabilities due to lack of resources/budget/threat asssement.PhillyJ wrote: ↑01 Sep 2023, 15:42 What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?
Though with a third of the Type 45s in drydock, and much of the RFA laid up, you'd imagine something could be done.
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Pretty sure they weren’t fitted on QE for Westlant18 either.Jensy wrote: ↑01 Sep 2023, 15:54I'm a bit bewildered by the lack of defensive weapons across both carriers. Suspect it's another gap in our capabilities due to lack of resources/budget/threat asssement.PhillyJ wrote: ↑01 Sep 2023, 15:42 What caught my eyes, is that they didn't fit her Phalanx before departure. I know she'll have an escort and she is travelling to an allie, just a bit strange for her not to have her CIWS installed. Does this suggest there aren't enough to go round the fleet (incl RFA) if we deploy 2 carriers at the same time?
Though with a third of the Type 45s in drydock, and much of the RFA laid up, you'd imagine something could be done.
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... c/westlant
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I confess I'd never heard of this company. The trials of their drones will be one of the more interesting aspects of the deployment.
https://wautonomoussystems.org/
https://wautonomoussystems.org/
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I thought is was just going to be the three x 17 Squadron F-35 based in Edwards, possibly supplemented by the odd USMC airframe but I'm probably wrong..
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Think that might be an old (and very basic) version of this website:Jackstar wrote: ↑01 Sep 2023, 18:30 I confess I'd never heard of this company. The trials of their drones will be one of the more interesting aspects of the deployment.
https://wautonomoussystems.org/
https://windracers.org/drones/
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Just noticed looks like she sailed without her phalanx.
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According to navy lookout: on LBC this morning Grant Shapps has described the carriers as the biggest the RAF has ever had. Dear God have we really sunk so low!
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Nobody could have expected less from fucking Grant Shapps
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Is he already making Gavin Williamson look good?
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HMS QE moving out tomorrow
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/khm/portsm ... 08/09/2023
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/khm/portsm ... 08/09/2023
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