>Longer than the Houses of Parliament and able to launch up to 108 air strike sorties per day, Britain’s new aircraft carriers will make potential enemies “think twice” about starting future wars, their senior naval officer has said.
>less than half the air complement of a 40yo Nimitz >make enemies think twice
Yeah I'm sure the Russians and Chinese are shaking in their commie boots.
let the yanks be the world police, i literally could not care less
Jaxson Williams
>A FUCKING RAMP
Ian Peterson
I would like to know if Britain's new aircraft carriers can avoid Japanese missiles exceeding Mach 5, XASM-3.
Chase Harris
I love the QE class, but headlines like these make me cringe.
Oliver Jenkins
>that ramp
Jordan Mitchell
are you even allowed to fight outside of japan?
Easton Richardson
>2016 >a fucking ramp
Noah Bell
>3.1 billion pound vessel >one airstrike and it's down the drain
what a waste of money desu
James James
Empires tend to make stupid decisions before they disappear forever
Brandon Hughes
>commie fuck off russia is not communist since 1991 and if you truly belive that china is communist to this day you are a retard
Nathan Mitchell
Can some economist tell me how producing something internally could ever be a mistake?
Hunter Rogers
A FUCKING RAMP!
RAMP A M P
Lincoln Ward
have the english became poor or why cant they afford a catapult system
Joshua Harris
If you exclude the memetardy, i.e >ramp, the QE class wasn't a mistake. She's a very good decision.
David Watson
It's a good way to use a good chunk of the budget so there won't be cuts for the following year, it'll stimulate industry and provide jobs, and it's not radical/different enough to provoke reaction from green/peacefags. Good idea, 2bh.
Kevin Bailey
Steam catapult uses the steam made by nuclear engine. This glorified fishing boat does not have one and no one AFAIK has made working electoric catapult yet.
Joseph Davis
>It'll only be operational by 2020 Yeah, I'm sure Russia is terrified
>have the english became poor Yes
Well, they were being built already under the previous government, but good thing they'll actually be used instead of being mothballed to save a few shekels like Cameron wanted.
Christian Ward
TWICE
Charles Hernandez
The Royal Navy wanted to operate the F35B because it allows the navy and RAF to share aircraft and aircrew between each other.
It also reduces cost, maintenance time and allows for a higher sortie rate.
Crossdecking between other F-35B nations is also a thing.
For steam catapults you'd preferably have nuclear power and the yanks hadn't got EMALS working (major reason why the Ford class has be delayed) or costs under control.
Mason Flores
Poverty has nothing to do with it.
Royal navy wanted the continuation of operating STOVL aircraft as they had proved their worth during the Falklands.
Trying to keep costs down and availability up is a very reasonable thing.
Gabriel Richardson
Declaring war on France desu
James King
>that cu.ckramp
Nathaniel Smith
Cost vs benefit and opportunity cost.
You can build a big gold statue of yourself or something similarly stupid, but the labor, capital and time could have gone in something more useful in the long run.
Dominic Long
Half the carrier crew will be women. British househusbands will wave with their wives sons as the ship departs.
Henry Reed
The weak spot is laughably obvious. Just hit the supply boat carrying earl grey. GG, huge boat sinks in a week.
Austin Wilson
>The weak spot is laughably obvious. Just hit the supply boat carrying earl grey. GG, huge boat sinks in a week.
DELET
Anthony Kelly
Airstrip 1 dumping their entire budget into another floating fortress, huh?
Sebastian Barnes
Nah, both ships were £6.2bn out of a yearly budget of £45bn.
Kayden Scott
A
Gavin Cox
Really Pierre, you shouldn't criticise her as you were looking to buy the class up until 2013.
Chase Hughes
Ski jumping when out of fashion here.
Brandon Murphy
Was it ever in fashion over there?
Jackson James
>crowd of angry sailors rioting on the landing strip and blocking planes from taking off or landing because they didn't get their daily tea injection It's like pottery.
Zachary Evans
FUCKING
Kayden Moore
>that ramp not again
Henry Sanchez
JUST
Carson Russell
the fuck is this ramp meme I haven't been visiting this shithole for months
Christopher Brown
Did you enjoy the sunshine brother?
Matthew Perry
>months
Truly summer has started.
Joshua Walker
They don't have that dank meme on /r/int ?
Jace Reyes
if it's older then it's 4+ years older
Parker Robinson
What?
Adrian Stewart
I would like to know if Japan can dodge British sub launched nukes.
Cameron Moore
The new Ford Class carriers uses an electromagnetic launch system.
Tyler Green
And is it operational? Nope.
Ford has been severely delayed because of it.
I think that's what the Finn was saying.
Jaxson Price
>China and Russia only have one shitty carrier each
Kevin Phillips
>As english men are too pussified these days [21], the aircraft carrier will be manned exclusively by pakis [22]
Interesting
Ian Gomez
proofs
Sebastian Ramirez
Holy shit, I am impressed I better stop bullying brits on Sup Forums
Ironic that Italy is making jokes about cowardice.
Ethan Fisher
>Page does not exist.
Dude you're not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?
Jordan Stewart
Oh I'm well aware you are pulling my leg.
Jace Cooper
...
Lucas Butler
>Royal navy wanted the continuation of operating STOVL aircraft as they had proved their worth during the Falklands. Basing equipment on a war fought 40 years ago in a tiny theater of operations against a vastly inferior opponent. Sound choices.
Dominic Collins
>Cuck_and_Bull.jpg
Isaac Gonzalez
Memes aside it looks like a pretty nice carrier. Though it's weird seeing 50 year old helicopters on a brand new carrier. When are we gonna come out with some newer shit?
Austin Ramirez
Are you deliberately trying to misconstrue my words? You also are underplaying the importance that the Falklands war had. It had a impact on the US navy and their own approach.
And no, Argentina wasn't a "vastly inferior opponent", they were considered a peer force.
Ethan Scott
we based our equipment around two irrelevant and aimless conflicts instead, great trade off
Hudson Bell
you are very smart, my american friend
Carson Turner
LITTLE
Carson Martinez
Think twice about building a carrier like this?
Benjamin Edwards
>British navy fallen so low Argentines considered a peer force How does it feel to hit rock bottom and them keep going down
Daniel Bailey
>a >fucking >ramp
Charles Jackson
Saying shit like this only makes you seem ignorant.
>The Falklands War was the first modern anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) war, pitting a joint expeditionary force against a regional power with modern land, air, and sea capabilities fighting over control of territory close to home. As such, it may prove far more relevant for the future … than any conflict in the past two decades. -- Commander Jim Griffin, Proceedings Magazine, May 2012
Argentina had a modern well equipped force during the 80s, kindly provided by the UK, USA and France to ensure the commies didn't take over.
Ayden Williams
>russian navy >chinese navy
Jordan Martin
RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMP
Evan Cox
I wouldn't say it was exactly a peer force, but they had modern western equipment in the 80's
Now they still have western equipment that was considered modern in the 80's
John Hall
The only real let down the Argentines had the chunk of the army was poor, young conscripts.
But that's not really why the war is considered important.
Gabriel Adams
yup if their army was motivated beyond any sort of nationalism and managed well, I think we may have lost the islands
Luis Foster
The Special Relationship: A Cuck & Bull Story
Gavin Baker
>2016 >aircraft carriers
First time it fights a competent enemy, it will go straight to the bottom.
Austin Carter
Hello this is TU 160 and he like to see ships and carriers from troposphere.
Noah Hernandez
What is better than aircraft carriers then?
Nathan Rodriguez
When Japan would want to start a war without America permission, Japan will be nuked again. Sorry buddy but Japan out of big wars games for today.
Easton Walker
Can russia still afford to fly them?
Elijah Cooper
*thinks twice*
?
Parker Flores
They are experts at waging war when their country/economy is fucked.
Henry Campbell
>Can russia still afford to fly them? ISIS can answer on your questions, and also ask them what they are prefer X55 or FAB 9000.
Angel Walker
Can't use*
Parker Myers
>Liaoning >shitty
Second best operating class
Adrian King
Second hand 1980s soviet "aircraft carrying cruiser" incapable of operating away from shore
Anthony Lee
>People making fun of a ramp.
Just good old fashioned British ingenuity; a great design with a simple and cost effective method. We did invent the Aircraft carrier after all, using only sticks and glue.
Robert Carter
RAMP
Chase Hughes
what is this carrier meme? aren't they pretty easy to destroy?
Luis Reed
no
Jaxon Hernandez
>a floating ramp Scary
Jace Price
>a ramp
I mean... like India or Thailand?
Ian Flores
>catering section >28,800 rashers of bacon Haram
Aiden Ortiz
Goddamn it, do we have to do everything for you guys?
>there's no pool or shopping center Shit cruise ship
Aiden Diaz
They are, the power of modern attack submarines is largely untested and exercises show that since anti-submarine warfare is very difficult, it is very hard to stop a sub from sinking a carrier.