Broon's Memorial White Elephants are still smaller than the big Teddy & if we scrape up the manpower to fully staff it, we probably won't have anybody left to man the escort, so it'll need to remain permanently in port.......
This will be no bad thing, as I hate to think of the running costs for them considering that they are gas turbine powered rather than nuclear.
...... and that's before we work out whether we can put anything on it that might be capable of flight, whether it needs a catapult, or not.....
My, what a load of misinformed tripe.
The Brown thing is a myth - if you actually look at the history of the project he tried everything to kill them - or at least avoid ordering them. The complement is broadly the same as a CVS - incidentally, that's one reason why they're so big.
Glad to see you're fully informed as to the relative running costs of nuclear vs diesel and GT-powered ships. I can't wait to see your comparison.
Does anybody know if there will be any fixed wing ops from her while she's here.?
She'll sit on Charlie buoy for the week she's here. No flying ops other than any helo VIPTAX/HDS.