Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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What will they use- also F-35B?
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abc123 wrote:What will they use- also F-35B?
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2HeadsBetter wrote:Hyundai are trying to cram an awful lot into 30000 T.
Hyundai's is 60,000 tonnes

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Ron5 wrote:Hard to believe given @ACC's repeated insistence that it's Babcock's providing the help to DSME.

Just teasing.
I suspect RR are nailed on for propulsion as the South Korean's already use MT-30, and the Trieste is MT-30 powered.


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I think we will see also the CDG together during the exercises?

Seeing the 3 of them will be... Interesting

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Could HMS QE F35 ( RN or USMC ) do a few cross decking sorties to Cavour to help out with their deck crew training ? not sure if the italians have any F35b ( in italy ) availiable yet ?

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Nice to see PoW make a G7 appearance today. My favourite part of the World. Stunning.

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The Cavour according to this article has received certification for f35b operations
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... operation/
https://www.defensenews.com/training-si ... -pandemic/

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serge750 wrote:Could HMS QE F35 ( RN or USMC ) do a few cross decking sorties to Cavour to help out with their deck crew training ? not sure if the italians have any F35b ( in italy ) availiable yet ?
Could sell them the old B's that are too expensive to upgrade :D

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serge750 wrote:not sure if the italians have any F35b
They have two.

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Ron5 wrote:
serge750 wrote:Could HMS QE F35 ( RN or USMC ) do a few cross decking sorties to Cavour to help out with their deck crew training ? not sure if the italians have any F35b ( in italy ) availiable yet ?
Could sell them the old B's that are too expensive to upgrade :D
Stop giving the treasury ideas.

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The view from FLYCO - F-35 flying operations from HMS Queen Elizabeth

(Navy Lookout) 14th June 2021
UK and USMC Jets operating from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth during exercise Falcon Strike in the Mediterranean Sea, June 2021. More: https://www.navylookout.com/portrait-of ... two-weeks/

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Now that it is on the official Twitter feed I can confirm that nipper is manning the mini gun in this video. He liked it, very much. :D

As he has moved from boat party to gunners party, live firing is part of his domain, no more cleaning pigeon shite from his boat bay.

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SKB wrote:The view from FLYCO - F-35 flying operations from HMS Queen Elizabeth

(Navy Lookout) 14th June 2021
UK and USMC Jets operating from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth during exercise Falcon Strike in the Mediterranean Sea, June 2021. More: https://www.navylookout.com/portrait-of ... two-weeks/
Nice video. Now which one is it that's filled with water?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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PhillyJ wrote:Now that it is on the official Twitter feed I can confirm that nipper is manning the mini gun in this video. He liked it, very much. :D

As he has moved from boat party to gunners party, live firing is part of his domain, no more cleaning pigeon shite from his boat bay.
So now he gets to shoot the shit out of the pigeons before they come aboard? :D

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(La Repubblica) 12th June 2021
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Odd question which got an odd answer:

https://questions-statements.parliament ... 6-08/12078

Kevan Jones asking about what I presume is the fitting of a VLS silo to the QEC.

The reply from Quinn seems to instead downplay the effectiveness of VTOL operations of fixed wing aircraft.

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Methinks Quinn was taking the mickey for a poorly phrased question
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Is poorly worded, I've re-read it 3 times and I'm still no sure whether he was asking about missiles or aircraft

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(VOA News) 16th June 2021
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Enigmatically wrote:Is poorly worded, I've re-read it 3 times and I'm still no sure whether he was asking about missiles or aircraft
I would have thought VLS (i.e. missile launching systems) would have been implied by the term 'launch' instead of 'takeoff', but it could have been a bit clearer.

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Enigmatically wrote:Is poorly worded, I've re-read it 3 times and I'm still no sure whether he was asking about missiles or aircraft
Politicians should know the basic rules of comms. One of those is always speak in a way that a five year old will understand. Like 'totally ******* hopeless'.

If you are allowed to have two parts to a question perhaps:

Will you fit a missile defence system to... and if not why?

Great to see that no matter how useless MOD is at procurement they can still shoot down dodgy questions.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving in Augusta Sicily.


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