No, actually - they're going to be larger than our Iwo Jima LHAs, but about 3/4 to 7/8 the size of an *early* Nimitz. And they're going to be conventionally powered, which seems to me to be a bad idea.
No, actually - they're going to be larger than our Iwo Jima LHAs, but about 3/4 to 7/8 the size of an *early* Nimitz.
I was stationed on the *early* Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Regardless, the JFK gives them plenty of room to stage whatever they need in case they have to go to the Falklands again.
And they're going to be conventionally powered, which seems to me to be a bad idea.
I doubt if the Europeans are going to build any nuclear powered ships ever. Conventional power is fine for the kind of missions they would be undertaking.