Man of Honour
What a beautiful sight:
What a beautiful sight:
Someone clarify for me, she has now done basic sea trials.
So she doesn't leak overly, or if she does they'll be sorting that next.
What % of her equipment is installed?
They said she'll receive aircraft by end of 2019, but not be fully operation until 2023.
So what's onboard and what is yet to be installed?
There was a story last week of a chap who landed his big drone on her desk, was a bit surprised it wasn't detected by radar or defensive systems or by some chap actually patrolling the desk at night.
As some point one would assume a fully operational flagship will have the ability to detect and stop someone landing a big drone on the desk?
I despair something when it comes to this country - while unlikely in the event of conflict breaking out it will be WW2 all over again and we'll take a bunch of totally avoidable losses - which would probably include one or both carriers - early on before people get organised and take stuff seriously.
WW1 and 2 all over again. Before both wars the government made huge cuts to the military, they never learn. Though next time I doubt conscription would work to well, so we would be stuffed.
Just a shame there's no planes to land on it!I think she's a beaut.
WW1 and 2 all over again. Before both wars the government made huge cuts to the military, they never learn. Though next time I doubt conscription would work to well, so we would be stuffed.
Yup, this. People complaining all over the web about how peaceful things are, there is no war, spend it on other things. People never learn. I would rather have a load more ships and not have to use them.
especially Battleships which are super ace
And sadly almost completely redundant in modern warfare.
I often take the riverboat part of the way home on the River Thames and pass the HMS Belfast. I appreciate it's only a Cruiser and it's incredibly old now but it's a lovely sight.Me too as ships are ace, especially Battleships which are super ace.
Still not been properly replaced in the naval gunfire support role and probably never will be but like you say beyond that they really offer nothing in a modern navy that is rightly made up of small technologically advanced ships or in the case of the Royal Navy small badly designed and poorly equipped ships in insufficient numbers!And sadly almost completely redundant in modern warfare.