Comments on: Helicopters Only for 2nd British Carrier?

By: Murdoc Online » Both Brit Carriers to Take F-35

Murdoc Online » Both Brit Carriers to Take F-35 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:39 +0000

[...] Last week I pointed out a story which claimed that the Prince of Wales, the second of two new British aircraft carriers, could be switched to a helicopter-only commando carrier. [...]

By: Murdoc Online » 50% Fewer Joint Strike Fighters?

Murdoc Online » 50% Fewer Joint Strike Fighters? — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:46 +0000

[...] As noted last week, Great Britain is considering cutting its buy to around 50 and turn its second Queen Elizabeth-class …. [...]

By: James

James — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:16:41 +0000

Well given that the F-35 program just got another 17 billion price jump – they might not be even able to field the one new carrier… Why don’t they just buy some of our old LHA’s. 2 Carriers are pretty worthless anyway, you need 3 to keep one at sea.

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:21:48 +0000

The article was pretty short on details, but it mentioned saving £600 million on the ship itself in addition to the money saved by not buying the planes. I presume this savings means that a lot of equipment needed to operate fixed-wing aircraft would be deleted.

By: Mike Burleson

Mike Burleson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:23:33 +0000

They’ll probably swap planes between the 2 ships anyway.

But even so, if one is a helicopter carrier, where will the choppers come from, since they can’t even afford them for the Army in Afghanistan?

Can’t afford planes or choppers. The world’s biggest most expensive ferry boats!