Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
"These ships symbolise our military strength, our engineering and technical ability, our global economic ambition and our international authority."
Any one like to place best on how many days at sea they'll be averaging in 2024?
Why? What do you know about the world situation in 2024 that no one else does and how will the carrier(s) need to be configured for it?
If the situation dictates, I imagine that QNLZ and PWLS will be capable of spending at least as long at sea as their world record-breaking predecessor HMS INVINCIBLE which operated for 166 continuous days at sea (and more besides) in 1982. However, high readiness states don't necessarily mean that a ship has to be at sea continuously; even sailors have a right to visit their families occasionally.
I suppose it's too late to suggest that you and @glad rag (there's irony for you) plus one or two others resolve to stop overdosing on anti-QEC/F-35 grumpy pills but Happy New Year anyway.
