Queen Elizabeth Carrier

>be britain
>spend 3 billion of your valuable monies on a floating ramp

>>137869296
Idk why the fuck do we spend so much money on military when the only real threat against any country are militant sandniggers in a desert.

We have nuclear weapons which should deter any major conflict.

>>137869296
think of all poor african refugees you could've given large town houses using that money

>>137869296
Nice ramp dude

when ya bringing it ere so i can skateboard on it

Isn't it fucking phenomenal how much we waste, not just on defense budgets themselves, but on no-hope failure programs?

Is it any wonder we are fucked as a species?

>>137869427
>Idk why the fuck do we spend so much money on military when the only real threat against any country are militant sandniggers in a desert.
Exactly.

What on earth do they think this will help with?
Maybe they can send it to the Korean peninsula to get sunk by Kim.

>>137869296
w..what's on the end of the runway?

I helped design small parts of it. Rule Britannia

Explain the ramp meme pls

>>137869296
Ramplets, they never learn

>>137869638
Disability ramp for Americans.

>>137869296
£3 billion is nothing compared to what is being wasted on HS2. Or the £50 million that has "gone missing" for that fucking bridge in London. What the fuck happened to it?

>>137869296
>A
>Fucking
>Ramp

>>137869296
Someone please explain why using a ramp, a tried and tested piece of equipment which cannot fail, is worse than using a slingshot that does nothing of value.

>>137869926

They can't.

They're just jealous of our wheelchair friendly carriers.

>>137869758
bragging rights
catapult systems are just better (if you're not poor)

>>137869926

>Not having an aircraft carrier in the form of a crossbow to launch planes at mach speeds

Shame.

>>137869926
Catapult allows for heavy and light aircraft to take off, ramp is restrictive in this regard, cheaper, more reliable than a catapult system that always (yes ALWAYS) breaks down and needs constant maintenance.

Ramp carriers get the job done, it doesn't matter what system is being used so long as the aircraft launching from it are bombing brown people. I think we can all agree to that!

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>>137869926
Nothing at all sweetie

>>137869296
Designated shitting ship for your Pajeets. Maybe their curry squirts will turn it into a UFO? Spooky

>>137869926

If your boats not travelling fast enough the plane won't launch off from the ramp instead it will just drop into the ocean

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>>137869296
>a ramp.

>>137870104

As I understand catapults are much more likely to go wrong and also weather dependent?

I remember someone saying if we had catapults during Falklands we wouldn't of launched half as many sorties.

>>137869296
Will it be able to kill mudslimes? Yes? Then it isn't useless.

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>>137869296
Just think of how many ARYANS we could cram on board that thing if it stopped off at the Balearic Islands and harvested the holidaying KRAUTS there. We would be able to gather enough blood to see us well into 2020 and with only one trip too.

>>137869296
that in any war scenario will be sunk by a 10k missile you forgot to add

>>137869758
>>137869926
American carriers use a catapult system which is more expensive/higher maintenance but much more flexible in the types of aircraft that can be launched.

The QE was originally planned to use CATOBAR but was changed to a (((ramp))) because the costs were too high.

So now we have a £3bil carrier that doesn't even use the best technology available.

>>137869926

you never do physics or science in school? if boat not going fast enough the plane cant take off on ramp

>>137870124
I did two tours on an aircraft carrier and our catapults were just fine after thousands of launches

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>>137870225
>a non country.

>>137870341
You mean the missiles that are basically useless with the new laser weapon that we're building?

Why do you think there's a heavy push for railguns sweetie? Because missiles are going to be made obsolete.

>>137869427
Nukes deter refugee and migrant invasion?

>>137869758
>>137869926
It's Americans mocking other countries for having smaller aircraft carriers (which need ramps).

The Queen Elizabeth-class is 280 meters.

The Gerald R. Ford-class is 337.

It's just yet another "Your country is poor" joke.

>>137870282
They can launch planes in any conditions but are much more expensive than higher maintenance

>>137870393
How cum the planes don't fall off

>>137870445
>>a non country.

>a non empire

>>137869296
>floating metal

Metal doesn't float, mate. Why are you making fake threads?

What is the point of building new Aircraft carriers if you're not even going to re-establish the british empire?

For what other purpose would Britain need force projection?

Austrias naval fleet was fucking shit when we still had sea access so I'm glad we're landlocked right now because we would probably have carriers with
>a fucking RAMP

>>137870296
>Yes?
I really don't see how an aircraft carrier like this would be useful against muzzies unless we actually started a war with Saudi Arabia.

>>137870317
DO IT AGAIN BOMBER HARRIS!

>>137869296
all their F-35 pilots are Americans as well

>brits too stupid to fly F-35
>brits know better than to fly F-35

>>137870462
We're a fucking island, all we need is a bunch of guns to shoot any boats.

>>137870516

not enough spindle velocidensity rotational monumental kinetic energy

>>137870469
>The Queen Elizabeth-class is 280 meters.
>Gerald R. Ford-class is 337m

Don't say that's America's smallest carrier

>>137869296
>spend twice as much
>still can't have a ramp
Americans can't into value for money

>>137870579
Yeah we know you're a non empire, with no carriers, no aircraft, no military and you along with Germany use broomsticks instead of guns to train with.

Sad.

>>137870404
Yes sweetie of course x

>>137870789
>all their F-35 pilots are Americans as well
No they are fucking not you retard, we've had UK pilots flying over all over South England in those F35 things and flying them in the US for training. Stupid fucking nigger.

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>>137869296

Gee, England, how come your mom lets you have TWO islands on your flight deck?

>>137869588
The concept of military and wars is completely anachronistic. There is rarely any utility for the money spent. Sadly, the Military Industry Complex will defend it to the death

>>137870726
What the fuck do you think have been dropping 2000 lbs of freedom on goatfuckers for the last 15 years? Aircraft.

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>>137871135

>The concept of military and wars is completely anachronistic.

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>>137869296
What a duck.

>>137871135
You hear that Ukraine?

>>137869296
>a fucking ramp

>>137870992
all F-35 pilots currently using the HMS queen elizardbeth are US Marines you bad teeth paki bastard

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>>137869296
2nd one is how it should have been.

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>>137869296
Yeah what a shame, 3bn wasted on military power when you could have spent it on rapefugee benefits.

>tfw you get culturally enriched in bongistan

>>137869296
It's worth it, lots of Muslims will die from here

>>137869427
Because hostile powers are aware that nukes are only going to be used in the absolute worst case scenario. If foe instance country X starts slowly occupying more and more parts of country Y they know they won't be nuked for it.

You can't just have zero response and all out nuclear warfare as your only 2 options. You need something in between.

>>137869427
we have to have the ability to threaten and invade any country in the world or else everyone will stop trading oil in dollars.

>>137870874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_H.W._Bush

This is America's largest afaik. It's not greatly bigger than the Queen Elizabeth which means the QE is still one of the biggest in the world.
That said, I have no idea which carrier is better from a technical point of view as oppose to waving their big dicks around.

However, the Gerald R. Ford is a "supercarrier" currently under construction that is going to dwarf both in probably every aspect.

>>137871363

Have they fixed the tailhook problem with the C variant?

>>137870874
Tbf the US' smallest carriers are officially the Nimitz class which are nearly the same size as the Ford. Technically though the America class and Wasp class are also carriers but the Nazy refuses to call them that because they're terrified that in the media and Congress find out that they actually have 20+ carriers their funding will get skull fucked.

I can currently see this thing docked from my bedroom window through binoculars. I'd post pics but my camera zoom is too shit.

I don't know why so many people hate it though. Once Theresa May slides into a diabetic coma and The Moggster takes her place, we can recommission it as HMS Brexit - imagine the shit loads of people we're going to be able to deport with it, it's going to be tremendous!

>>137871205
Not ones that came from carriers though.

>>137869296
What does the UK need an aircraft carrier for?

The US is their army.

>>137871470
>However, the Gerald R. Ford is a "supercarrier" currently under construction that is going to dwarf both in probably every aspect.

WHY THE FUCK AREN'T WE BUILDING SUPERCARRIERS
FUCK
Why do we have to cuck out on everything
just 1 supercarrier would have done it.

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>>137869926
The ramp is an inferior system because it lowers your max take off weight, has limits on what aircraft can be used and always requires a max speed into the wind for launching.
The new electro-magnetic system will offer even better performance over the steam system giving fine control over the speed and power of the launch.

Think of it like this, you buy an expensive bit of tech, and for 10% more of the purchase price you could get 25% more performance. The ramp is saving 10% for a 25% reduction.

>>137869296
3 Billion I would have thought it was at least 6 - wow I am impressed with their frugality

>>137871487
yes they have

>>137871548
Yes faggot. We bomb muds from our carriers literally all the time. Frogs have too.

Stop projecting the deficiencies of the RN on your betters.

>>137871487
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBP1wU6lHE4

It's so tiny? Like it's supposed to be the flagship of the British Navy for the next 50 years but it looks like it should be somewhere in the back of the caravan serving logistics.

>>137871894
I really don't see how that comes into the purview of what the UK should be interested in militarily.

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>>137870992
and not only are the US Marines currently using the Queen Lizard, they are now set to be deployed there as well

you fucking bad teeth shitskin paki

>>137871894

We have an airbase in Cyprus though so don't need a carrier in the Med.

>>137871990
It's bigger than any other non-US carrier in the world.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/16/hms-queen-elizabeth-uk-3bn-aircraft-carrier-portsmouth-theresa-may

This video might give you a sense of its size.

>>137869296
>floating metal

actually it's a floating military airport with it's own nuclear reactor (or something) that can extend airplane radius since it's so flexible.

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>>137869296

>i have no idea what force projection is or how it works

>>137869926

Top Gun just made it look cool.

>>137871894
>Yes faggot. We bomb muds from our carriers literally all the time. Frogs have too.
Even the Russians did it and their carrier is an India-tier garbage heap

>>137871641
Firstly, because supercarriers need super dock infrastructure. Secondly, because three carriers gives you the ability to rotate them for maintenance.

>>137871470
>It's not greatly bigger than the Queen Elizabeth which means the QE is still one of the biggest in the world.
But smaller than every other US carrier?

Smaller than the Forrestal, Enterprise, Kitty Hawk, Nimitz and the Gerald R. Ford. Oh and that's classes of ships not just single ships.

>>137872142
There are muds all over Africa and Asia out of range of your memebase. If you truly want global mud smashing power you need at least 2 carriers.
>>137872014
See above. Plenty of muds still need freedom.

>>137872250
I understand what the point of a carrier is.
My point is that the UK doesn't need this shit and needs to stop pretending that it does.
This is Gordon Brown's doing btw.

>>137869296
Get a job, welfare cunt.

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ITS GOT A FUCKING RAMP!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
FAGGOTS!!!
WHAT ARE WE LIVING IN THE FUCKING 1930S?

>>137871848
Comments like this are exactly why people don't like black people around here.

What a completely retarded comment.

>>137872276
fuck practicality it's a big dick contest anyway

>>137869758
Limits the varieties of planes you can launch and they can take less payload than with a steam catapult system.

>>137872353
>But smaller than every other US carrier?
Yes America has lots of very big carriers owing to its military budget that is larger than the next 10 countries combined and deficit at 2.5% of its GDP.

>>137870196
> Not understanding relative speeds

>>137872217
Sadly it's not.

I'm not against having them I'm just not convinced that it's an effective use of budget especially considering what's happened in general to the military over the last 20-30 years.

>>137870366
>American carriers
and the french one (bought to americans tho)

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>>137872464
Invade us already.

>>137871983
top gun 2 will suck because of this plane is ugly as hell and worthless as well

>>137869296

It's got two bridges.

You can say what you like about ramps and the money spent, but it has TWO. FUCKING. BRIDGES.

Not even the yanks have a carrier with two bridges.

ITT: Jealous losers who build carriers with only 1 bridge

>>137871577
In case Corbyn/ Labour wins
So UK stands a chance against US in cold war 2

>>137874005
ones a bridge for control of the vessel
the other is essentially an aircraft traffic control tower

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>>137870124
t. RampCo founder and CEO Nigel "Rampy" Rampuel

>>137874351

Irrelevent. The people we attack probably won't know that. They'll just see two towers on one aircraft carrier and immediately surrender because they're so scared.

>>137869296
surely she is not that big?

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>>137869296
Well at least ours don't have a ramp

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>>137869296
RAMP
A
M
P

>>137874848
By displacement (and length?) it's the second largest class of carrier currently commissioned or third if you count the US's new supercarrier class.

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>spend 3 billion on an aircraft carrier
>put ramp on it to save a few hundred million

>>137874005
t. ramplet

>>137875574
>or third if you count the US's new supercarrier class
And why the hell wouldn't you?

>>137877933
Because it has gender-neutral bathrooms.

>>137869673
Brittania the Caliphate? Cause the other one died.

>>137871391
>>137869427
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uybcd

>>137877240
>save a few hundred million
>bad
Ah yes. American efficiency

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>>137869296
I am sure that my brother, who reads Jane's Defense Review, could tell me in great detail what the problems are with this craft - but as he is not here right now, could you enlighten me as to your concerns?

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ever heard of War Plan Red?

https://infogalactic.com/info/War_Plan_Red

Trump should just invade the Bongs and Leafs to put them out of their Misery.

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>>137879627
NM, OP. I'm up to speed. Surely they could retrofit the new launch system later?

>>137879627
The UK is still in debt with deficit and needs to stop pretending to be a major military force when the Americans are bankrupting themselves for us.

>>137878760
Not anymore. Trump purged Obama's fag military.

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>>137869296
Is that...
..a ramp???

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>>137880220
It's a huge ramp. A big beautiful ramp. The greatest ramp you've ever seen.

>>137869296
>£3 billion.
That is a lot of shekels. I wonder if it is anywhere close to the figure y'all pay your refugees in welfare?

>Wasted. On this useless piece of floating metal.
So it can't be used as an aircraft carrier?

>>137869296
I cannot imagine how the Queen feels. She is presiding over the downfall of her ward. What a mess the UK is.

>>137869296

>>137880635
>>137880635
>>137880635
>>137880635

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Can we get rid of the ramp to stop bully.

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>>137869296
>These people used to rule the waves

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>>137869296
>>137869377
>>137870616
>>137871577
>>137872014
>>137879974
Remember Las Malvinas
The U.K. needed two carriers, HMS Ivinsible and HMS Hermes, in the Falklands Task Force to beat back the forces of Galtieri.
>pic of ARA General Belgrano taken by survivor from a lifeboat.
>Note: Belgrano sunk by the submarine HMS Conqueror

>>137872464
We were going to convert at least one of them to CATOBAR but then the government changed its mind because of rising costs

Which sucks

Anyway, they are still the largest non-US carriers in the world which is pretty fucking cool, and they're gonna have F35s which are also pretty cool

>>137881137
>So it can't be used as an aircraft carrier?
Not without aircraft to put on it.

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>>137869296
>he thinks £3b is wasteful
How about the £500b in bailouts to (((banks))) in 2008, pham? At least we got SOMETHING for the £3b.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_bank_rescue_package

How are you preparing for the next round of bailouts, due to happen any time now?

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>>137881808
>F35
Useless piece of bloated shit. Sea Harrier was best waifu.

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>0 planes

>0
>(zero)
>planes

>When we do get planes they'll be overpriced underperforming Yankshit F35s

>>137879974
We are certainly no superpower, but we have always had a decent navy. I can see why you are pissed off about it though. £3bn for an aircraft carrier doesn't seem so bad until you realise it's a floating ramp. We would have been better off getting lots of smaller vessels - more VFM and more useful to our current needs.

>>137882032
Then make your own you stupid wanker

>>137869447
Fag

>>137882184

I didn't know I was in charge of the British military system.

Obviously that's what I want them to do. We should have a new harrier or catapult launch eurofighters or something.

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>>137869296

>>137881938
We received those loans back. And the alternative to not bailing out the banks would've been the banks going bust, and people losing their savings and investments.

>>137869296
Just think of all the mosques you could have built with all that money and metal.

>>137869296
test

>>137882893
Dont feel bad. We paid a trillion dollars to ours. It was a good year for the CEO they all gave themselves record bonuses.

>>137869296
Why "wasted" and "useless"? I'm having serious penis envy here. I mean, that's why it was built, right?

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>A fucking ramp

Did Rob Dyrdek design this?

>>137869296
We should've let you be Luftwaffe'd

>>137882893
>>137881938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfslbOhvkrg

cool movie about it

>>137869296
Kek look at that midget chode Manlet cruiser. Just makes me laugh in orbit eternally.

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>>137869296
A FUCKING RAMP

>>137881650
ramp the waves

>>137869427
I'm really worried guys. We've long been worried about a Muslim nation getting nukes. And then I thought, the U.K. Is the UK the first Muslim nation with nukes? Or is that France?

>>137869617
> real enemy is sand niggers so don't need it.
> Lets make weapon/vehicle afterwards if there is new enemy.

Your logic is hilarious.

Let me tell you the real military project failure.
We made a submarine that doesn't dive into a water.

>>137869296
Isn't it harder to land on a ramp?

>>137885345
You dont land on the fucking ramp dude come on.

>>137872571
This

>>137869296
Install catapults
Equip with rafale marine
Problem solved
You have an awesome carrier with a badass airwing

Never buy lockheed scam crap again

>>137869296
>a fucking ramp
But she is a beauty nontheless.
Is she nuclear powered?
I like her, can I take your new boat if you dont want it?

>>137885490
>not using the landing ramp to ensure that only the best pilots are allowed on your carrier

Come on now.

>>137882732

You guys legitimately dont have the engineers and support to build something from scratch that is as complicated as an F-35. Say what you want about it's performance, but from an engineering perspective it's one of mans top 10 creations.

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>>137869296
>save a few million by using a ramp
>spend a millions more in fuel to drag a ramp around

just nuke us already

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>>137869296
My only problem with it is that it isn't nuclear powered.

>>137886294
A catapult system weighs weight as well

>>137885890
Lockheed makes some good planes but I dont know what the fuck happened on the F-35. They bought and lobbied their way into position for a contract they drew up on a plane they told the military they needed and that the entire western world needed to jointly pay for.
Epic clusterfuck by some greedy cocksucker.
Ive hated the jsf program for 15years and that aint looking to ever change.

>>137885890
hello, rafaleanon, you must be the guy who keeps trying to convince eastern euros to buy your bagueteplanes.
So it looks like we are going to be building a plane together, again, without UK this time.
What will come out of that project?
Ultimate cuckoldry or a based plane?

>>137869296
Fuck off Tunzelmann.

>>137886234
KeK that would weed out the chaff i guess.

>>137886659
A 300decibel speaker attached to the bottom that plays the call to prayer.

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Got my pre-joining fitness examination with the Royal Navy in 2 weeks time.

Gonna be serving on a nuclear submarine if I get in.

>>137886818
that was fucking great. reminded me how much i both love and hate this place.

>>137886932
Hope the radiation rots you from the inside, bub

>>137869377
>>137869476
>>137869638
>>137869710
>>137869823
>>137869852
>>137870116
>>137870296
>>137872464
>>137875473
W-What do I see here?
America btfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBE2Tz3NVQ

Every day getting more cucked wtf? First the SA 80 that was the worst assault rifle I ever seen. Now this piece of crap what a waste of metal.

>>137886818
insha'Allah brother

...why not both?

if your slingshot breaks, just use the ramp

>>137886448
this

>>137882853
underrated

>>137887928
wait its not nuclear? what the fuck is it diesel?

>>137888242
powered by butthurt

>>137869296
They could have spent this money on schools and infrastructure. What the fuck is wrong with western countries?

>>137875243
I love those and their helicopters for "defensive" purposes. Would you nips finally fix your constitution so you can play with the big boys

>>137888318
oh good. there is a surplus of that

>>137888432
we're the ones who fucked it for them

>>137869296
>God Save The Queen
She's gonna need it...

>>137881675
>>sank a World War II boat with a nuclear submarine

>>137889074

World War II vessels have much better armour than their modern counterparts. We don't design ships with thick armour now because we're not having major naval engagements with 18" cannons.

You know whats funny?The images are gone from the net where you can see that the smoke is coming from the first tower and fully engulfes the second tower.I laughed my ass off

>>137886659
Well or will depend from the nerfs of our air forces , and french navy.
As long as we have the same, we can produce a common plane.
But, desu, not a chance.
Why ?
Higher expectations from french. We want a multi role, carrier friendly and able to carry nukes.
Germans just want an air superiority fighter. And not much else. Typhoon is the example of that.
And it is not that good.
Our omnirole is as good in this role, if not slightly better while being able to do well many other things. At the same time, unlike multiroles.
We may share techs, but german industry is not at Dassault level.
Germans rule on armor, we rule on fighters as it is now.

>>137889271

HMS Queen Elizabeth doesn't have smoke because she isn't fueled by coal; she has gas turbine alternators.

>>137889474
Its diesel,mate.When they put on throttle it smokes like a steam train

>>137869427
That was precisely the line of thought in Britain and France in the 1920s and early 30s. Had we not cut our militaries to shreds post war, Germany wouldn't have stood a chance.

>>137889201

It was the same way from 1903 - 1917. No world power was armoring their fleets because nobody thought a naval platform would be targeted.

The very first time China / Russia / Syria drop 20+ Harpoon knockoffs at a US CVG and overhwelm the AEGIS, all superpowers are going to be going back to WW II warship designs + rail guns.

This is the big reason why the USN has maintained all their old VC & BB hulls. They just know the "good times" of Navy as support will not last the decade.

>>137889591

Are you criticising superior British engineering? You call it smoke, I call it a smokescreen; engine always providing defence, that is British capabilities for you.

Anyway, I prefer submarines. The future of naval warfare is undersea, not above it.

>>137889678
How do you armor against railgun projectiles?

>>137889744
Im not criticizin,im laughing.
Also there are only submarines and targets.
But subs can get fucked with helicopters.

>>137869296
>£3 billion.

500€?

>>137869296

I don't think it's useless, but they need more than 2. Probably 4 would be good.

>>137889888

You pray to God it doesn't hit you.

Or you throw nuclear weapons around at fleets with those capabilities, but that would open a new can of worms.

>>137890036
About 3.3bil€

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>Uss America, 257 meters.
>can launch F35.
>no ramp.

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EU BTFO.

RULE BRITANNIA BRITANNIA RULE THE WAVES
BRITONS NEVER NEVER NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES
Anyone giving this beautiful example of fine British engineering and innovation is jealous as fuck.
The americans fucking love them too and are just glad they have at least one ally outside of the smelly Indians they can rely on not to be fucking pussys.
You're all cunts, fuck you all we could wipe the EU out in 15 minutes if we wanted, with the new carriers we can wipe out any country without decent nuclear ICBMs with impunity.

>>137890953
An upward curve stimulates the female g-spot.

>>137887291
That's for the marines who use ramps on land. Our light carriers don't even have ramps

>>137869296
but you are supposed to rule the waves remember?

>>137891089
True story it's why predator and reaper drones have the bumps up front.

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4 billion wasted on these towers. For what purpose?

>>137890953
USS America's F-35b launch with less fuel and less payload idiot.

there is a good reason for the ramp, your marines fucking love the ramp
>To a man, Marine pilots want the ramps installed on their ships to improve operational flexibility and safety.
>We're all in love with the ski ramp because when you come off that ramp, you're flying,
>But the ramp is intimidating at first sight, pilots said.
>intimidating
>I expected it to be violent,
-Maj. Stephan Poppy Bradicich, the executive officer of US Marine Attack Squadron 542 onboard HMS Illustrious

USMC got RAMPED!

>>137869296
They should've created flying aircraft carrier.

>>137882732
Naval variant of the Typhoon maybe?

The ramp is so aircraft can larger payloads! Catapults on a level carrier means small munitions that can be carried..

>>137891071
>The americans fucking love them too and are just glad they have at least one ally outside of the smelly Indians they can rely on not to be fucking pussys.
This. I'm happy you are spending on your own defense. But the ramp is still a little too radical for me.

>>137891641
lucky larrys schemes

>>137885890
Perhaps I'm not remembering correctly but didn't your Rafael end up going massively over budget and behind schedule?

>>137869296
Can someone confirm - does this carrier have 2 or 3 jets? I always forget.

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What happens if someone falls off the side?

>>137892167
its on seatrials, but if youre asking how many jets we could put on it tomorrow the answer is 12 plus the helicopter squadron

>>137892735
They get picked up by the refugee task force and sent to a camp

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It was worth it.

>>137870296
>Killing Muslims 1000s of miles away in a desert
>While your politicians become communists and want to import them on mass

I never understood this meme.

>be smart
>design a ramp with inbuilt catapult
remind me why has noone done this before?

>>137888432
When China tries waving its microcock around and we skip the bullshit by unleashing the samurai and looking the other way

>>137869296
>Heli EW
LMAO