09-27-2007, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 127
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Originally Posted by neorealist
typicaly american...LMAO
what are you gonna do OZ <<shrugging>>
I would like to add that the roughly 2Bil USD doesn't just dissappear into this air...it goes to private contractors (hopefully british) and creates work for the naval shipyards, electric co., metal manufacturers, etc. Builing war m
achines does help the economy and would could argue it helps the greater good more than giving free healthcare to a 80year old on his/her death bed.
I think the ship is impressive, but battleships are becoming less and less important. I kind of suprised the english aren't building air craft carriers.
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They are building aircraft carriers - two in fact, and they are British.
CVF - Royal Navy Future Aircraft Carrier, United Kingdom
"CVF carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are expected to enter service in 2012 and 2015."The design continues to evolve but CVF is expected to displace 65,000t, a size between the USA's 100,000t Nimitz class and the French 43,000t Charles de Gaulle class aircraft carriers, and three times larger than the 20,000t UK Invincible class carriers.
The carrier will have a maximum speed of 25kt. At 15kt the range is 10,000nm and the ship carries food, fuel and stores for an endurance of seven days between replenishments. Each ship will have a complement of typically 1,200, including 600 aircrew.
The major contractors include BAE Systems - prime contractor; Thales Naval Ltd - key supplier; BAE Systems Insyte (formerly Alenia Marconi Systems) - C4IS; BMT Defence Systems - naval architecture; EDS - systems integration, fleet support, through life support; Lockheed Martin - programme management and engineering; QinetiQ - computer modelling and simulation, technology, test and evaluation; Rolls Royce - propulsion, life support; Strachan & Henshaw - waste management, munitions handling; Swan Hunter - construction; VT Group - naval architecture, construction, through life support.
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