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Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sighted in River Forth as fitting-out continues
mail Online, UK ^ | 27 February 2015 | JENNIFER SMITH

Posted on 03/02/2015 2:33:12 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

The next phase of work on the Navy's largest ever warship is underway, with the upper decks of the huge vessel gradually taking form.

Workers were seen on board HMS Queen Elizabeth in Rosyth Dock in Fife, some seven months after being first floated on the River Forth.

She was unveiled by the Queen in 2014 after the ordinarily dry dock was flooded with water.

The ship is Britain's largest ever maritime vessel weighing 65,000 tonnes and measuring 918ft from bow to stern. At almost 230ft, she stands as tall as Niagara Falls from the keel to the masthead.

Once completed she will have enough room to transport 36 F-35 Lightning fighter jets, though only three of the 48 ordered from U.S. manufacturers have so far been delivered.

The ship's hull was beginning to take form today with some of its nine decks becoming visible.

The cost of fitting out the ship has spiraled drastically since plans for its construction were revealed. In 2008 an initial contract for its completion was priced at £3.2billion.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2972278/Britain-s-new-aircraft-carrier-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-sighted-River-Forth-6billion-fitting-Royal-Navy-s-biggest-ship-continues.html#ixzz3TDtpSKeW Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aerospace; hmsqueenelizabeth; royalnavy; uk
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To: minnesota_bound

Like a normal contract do they get their money back if not delivered on time or some kind of compensation ?
A truly clusterflop.


21 posted on 03/03/2015 4:35:58 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipeline Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: minnesota_bound
"They do not even have guns that can be fired yet after a couple of decades."

Considering the first aircraft [specifically, Flight Sciences birds] weren't finished until about 5.5 years ago, I find that quite...informative.

22 posted on 03/03/2015 4:52:57 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: SZonian

The F-35 was designed starting in the 1980’s.
They are using a gun used eleswhere but because they are designing a Rube Goldberg machine the gun will not be operational till 2019.

http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Air+Forces+Spoiled+F35+Superjet+Has+No+Code+to+Shoot+Its+Gun/article37043.htm

A Tale of Two Gatling Guns: F-35 vs. A-10
http://defensetech.org/2015/01/02/a-tale-of-two-gatling-guns-f-35-vs-a-10/


23 posted on 03/03/2015 10:14:13 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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