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To: Smartisan

Is it going to be a large super carrier like ours or one of those small carriers with a ramp?

At the time of WWII the British came up with some better ideas such as the steel decks and the offset deck.


4 posted on 07/04/2013 6:50:18 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: yarddog
Is it going to be a large super carrier like ours or one of those small carriers with a ramp?

Roughly the same dimensions of the old USS Midway, although slightly less displacement (65,000 tons). She'll be finished with the ski-jump, but the design is deliberately engineered for retrofitting of catapults and angled-deck arrestor gear. But that's highly unlikely to happen since the Brits are so heavily investing in the F-35B for her and her sister (Prince of Wales)
7 posted on 07/04/2013 7:01:55 PM PDT by tanknetter
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