HMS Prince of Wales heads to USA to shape future of naval aviation by MGC91 Tags:United Kingdom 3 comments Its really telling some of the compromises that we made in the bid to cut costs in this statement, The F-35 have to come into the hover to land on deck, this means they have to be light, menaing lower than optimal fuel and weapons onboard. I suspect that we will see both carriers going expensive upgrades to add assisted take off and arresting equipment added. It would have been far cheaper to add in the inital design! Shame we have nothing available to escort her over the pond. lets hope it makes it out of the channel this time….. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Its really telling some of the compromises that we made in the bid to cut costs in this statement, The F-35 have to come into the hover to land on deck, this means they have to be light, menaing lower than optimal fuel and weapons onboard. I suspect that we will see both carriers going expensive upgrades to add assisted take off and arresting equipment added. It would have been far cheaper to add in the inital design!
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Its really telling some of the compromises that we made in the bid to cut costs in this statement,
The F-35 have to come into the hover to land on deck, this means they have to be light, menaing lower than optimal fuel and weapons onboard.
I suspect that we will see both carriers going expensive upgrades to add assisted take off and arresting equipment added.
It would have been far cheaper to add in the inital design!
Shame we have nothing available to escort her over the pond.
lets hope it makes it out of the channel this time…..