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The British (and possibly French) are looking to build carriers more comparable in size to our Nimitz-class carriers. See this page for some info on their CVF plans and size comparisons with other carriers in service.

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The British (and possibly French) are looking to build carriers more comparable in size to our Nimitz-class carriers.

Yeah, I've been following this, and I think it's good that the UK will have more capable carriers. (The French carrier won't be helpful to the free world, but I guess its construction will help keep costs down for the Brits, by spreading their development costs over an additional vessel.)

If I've read the news right, their ships will displace about 2/3's as much as our Nimitz-class ships.