Originally Posted by
SASless
Is my calculation correct....are you saying it will be Ten Years to a Two Ship Carrier Fleet....but then half of it goes back to be a harbor training vessel for five years?
yes - believe it or not that's been the plan for years
Get the QE up and running and develop tactics and experience, then when the PoW turns up put the QE into "extended readiness" (and we all know what THAT means) - .
Long term the published plan is to rotate them in and out of readiness but always have one always in full service. and the other "on standby"
I guess one step beyond the USN -one in service, one in rehab - one working up system