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Old 8th Jun 2005, 22:35
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Why do you only quote types since 1945, any problems with your combat design capabilities before then?

Why so many prototypes, do you have a problem getting things right first time?

The Charles de Gaulle has been a disaster for the French navy, and the ship is known amongst sailors as le bateau maudit, or "the ship of the damned". It has never completed a tour of service. In November 2000, a large segment of one of the 19-ton propellors broke off during exercises in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship limped back to Toulon to discover that the manufacturer, Atlantic Industries, had gone bankrupt the previous year, so the propellors were cannibalized from the older carriers. Vibration in the rudders means that it cannot exceed 15 knots despite being powered for 27 by its two reactors.

Prior to this, the ship had to undergo an expensive modification when it was discovered that the flight deck was actually too short to operate the US-made Hawkeye radar surveillance aircraft. In addition, the decks had to be repainted, because the paint corroded the arrest wires needed for aircraft to land. In 1996, the casings surrounding the reactors needed reinforcement because the crew were being exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation.



Close coupled canards - go look at the J10 and Gripen, nothing unique there.

The reason there is no naval Typhoon is there was and is no requirement.

The rest is just drivel.
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