provided there's still money in the budget for them by then... i hope there is
Posted on 07/04/2013 6:31:35 PM PDT by Smartisan
Actually the lifter we’re using for the QE build has been sourced from China. Not sure what the max weight lift is, but its several thousand tons at least.
Hope we scanned the thing top to bottom before starting work to make sure nothing was lurking inside ;)
Ha, I know where you’re coming from, but to be fair the delay from the F35 is on your side of the pond ;)
As far as I can see, the QE will be commissioned around 2016, with the F35’s arriving probably in 2018 or so. So I guess for the intervening 2 and a bit years we will run it with Merlins, Wildcat’s, Chinook’s and Apache.
Although if the USMC wants to roll into a proper sized carrier for once, they’re more than welcome ;)
provided there's still money in the budget for them by then... i hope there is
Already been there, done that nearly four decades ago.
Huh, 45,000 tonnes. Not bad, size of the CdG. The QE’s are the next step along, revised weight topping 70,000 tonnes.
So my well intended comment still applies.
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