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Pushing the boat out: bringing the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier safely into Portsmouth harbour has taken months of planning and preparation

High-maintenance: the complex aircraft carriers will spend 15 weeks a year in Portsmouth harbour in order to be kept in optimum condition

1 posted on 03/14/2017 9:06:43 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

2 islands on those ships. 1 for ship’s navigation, the other solely for flight operations.

CC


2 posted on 03/14/2017 9:16:54 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

No comparison photos of HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar????


4 posted on 03/14/2017 10:09:23 PM PDT by Postman (The Flies have finished defining BHO and HRC and will be moving on)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

They should invite the Argentine ambassador to the christening.


8 posted on 03/15/2017 1:45:15 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Those docks look large enough to host US supercarriers now. They’ve never been able to dock before in the UK because of the lack of facilities, maybe this will change now.


9 posted on 03/15/2017 3:13:53 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I wish they would stop pretending that these two ships are aircraft carriers. They have no aircraft and no clear idea when they might get any. I guess we could use them as glorified helicopter carrier.


10 posted on 03/15/2017 3:30:30 AM PDT by protest1
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Isn’t this the aircraft carrier that doesn’t actually have any aircraft?


11 posted on 03/15/2017 3:33:06 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: sukhoi-30mki
manoeuvres

I freaking love English English.

23 posted on 03/15/2017 6:06:47 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

When I lived on base at Subic Bay, they had to limit the liberty party to accommodate the Enterprise et al.

Olongopo simply didn’t have enough whores to service all the force at one time


24 posted on 03/15/2017 6:09:44 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hillary is Ameritrash, pass it on)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

No angled flight deck.


25 posted on 03/15/2017 6:17:37 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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