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Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Sep 2011, 07:30

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

LJ I think that you will find that that is...

LJ I think that you will find that that is exactly what the RAF is doing. The problem is how you view it - the RAF view is that their "game" is air power whilst the RN's "game" is maritime power so...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Jul 2011, 15:40

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

glojo - the plan to only have one active has been...

glojo - the plan to only have one active has been going for a while. I think it was in SDSR but standby to be corrected. Clearly having one carrier is a little bit crap, but better than nothing...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Jul 2011, 07:42

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

OK - same conversation in 2 threads. We should...

OK - same conversation in 2 threads. We should stop that. In fact a merge of all the RN threads could well be in order.

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jul 2011, 22:26

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

Yes. Extra characters cos I have to.

Yes.

Extra characters cos I have to.

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Jul 2008, 14:24

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

I think the decision was more based on cost than...

I think the decision was more based on cost than capability - fitting cats (and all the support stuff) is pretty expensive and quite risky as they were looking at some fancy electromag thing, iirc.
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Forum: Military Aviation

8th Jul 2008, 15:34

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Backwards PLT

So let me get this right - the justification for...

So let me get this right - the justification for STOVL F35 is that conventional carrier landings are hard and require constant training whereas VLs on carriers are much easier and don't? LOL - as...

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