Originally Posted by Heathrow Harry
Yeah a CVN is bigger and better but we get two conventional carriers for the price of one "Gerald Ford"
...and the rest:
HMS Queen Elizabeth plus HMS Prince of Wales: £6.2 bn (VAT inc) including circa £0.45 bn R&D for QE amortised over both platforms and £1.6 bn in politically-driven double U-turn and two-year deferment of completion aimed at achieving in-year savings.
USS Gerald R. Ford: £10.2 bn including £2.7 bn R&D which will be amortised over future CVNs of the same class.
However, in many ways we are comparing apples with oranges.