Jeff, you could add the eleven USN LHD & LHAs. they do operate Harriers. And have been configured to operate all Harrier air wings with SAR helos of course..
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Jeff, you could add the eleven USN LHD & LHAs. they do operate Harriers. And have been configured to operate all Harrier air wings with SAR helos of course..
You are correct!
I will edit/update my post accordingly! Particularly with the LHA(R)s coming on and the plan for some of them to be dedicated fixed wing vessels. But even without that, the Tarawa and the WASP vessels already operate a wing of Harries pretty much all the time anyway.
So, that's 34 carriers in total that operate fixed wing aircraft.
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chinese defence Minister General Liang Guanglie told his japanese counterpart, that China will build his own carrier to defend chinese waters; the rest seems to be repeat some rumours we know before ...
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You will hear from many sources of a negative disposition that the CVFs will either be cancelled or only one will be built. The Contracts announced so far (and as Popeye has shown, they are coming thick and fast) are all for TWO ships, and in fact careful examination will show that cancelling one ship will save nothing. Indeed it will probably cost more because of penalty clauses in the contracts. Nearly half of the overall CVF contract itself is about restructuring the British shipbuilding industry, so the two ships actual price tag is closer to £1 Billion each rather than £2 Billion. The RAF brass recently tried a last ditch tactic to kill off the FAA by proposing to scrap the Harrier force early, putting the FAA's FJ pilots out of work, but this back fired on them when the government announced the Harriers would be staying on until at least 2018. Add to that the recent announcement of the purchase of the first three F-35Bs for trials and testing and things are looking bright again...
...and that will be after the keal is laid, construction is complete, the carrier is christened, launched, and then through Sea Trials.
Hehehe...I expect we will have several very joyous, giddy moments preceding the actual commissioning.
...and like you, I look very forward to them.
...and here on SD, the only thing that may (I say may) eclispe it in terms of giddiness and glea will be when the PLAN does the same with its own fisrt carrer. LOL!
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Im thinking, why dont the Chinese build a few of these optimised for aircraft.)
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When the LHA(R) program does come to fruition the LHA(R) when operating with the highly capable LPD-17 class will be a very potent amphib force.
I agree with the previous posters in that the new LHA(R) is more avation capable. Perhaps in the future we will see an all F-35 & V-22 air wing on an LHA(R). perhaps 10+ years from now.
I am some what puzzledby the lack of a well deck. Without a well deck you have a aircraft carrier that can haul vehicles and troops. I envision these ships carrying up to 36 JSF and 6+ V-22. As I mentioned this class will be grouped with an LPD-17 class.
How capable would they be in sustaining battle damage, as I think they might be a better option than a fleet carrier with a 40-50 aircraft capacity, eg lets say instead of one fleet carrier with forty aircraft, one has about 4 or more depending on mission requirements. with 10 aircraft apiece.
So if a couple got sunk in battle, there's a couple left to press on with the mission. If your sole fleet carrier falls into harms way, one is left with nothing.
I'll have pictures of the commissioning ceremony in Pompey even if I have to swim there!
:nana:I'm mainly enjoying all the naysayers fighting their futile rearguard actions, and looking forward to having the last laugh when both ships are in service. Grey Funnel Cruises is back in business!
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The USS America, LHA-6, was laid down in 2008 and is expected to be launched in 2010, and commissioned in 2013.
She will displace 45,000 tons and will be a very large, very capable multi-role assault ship.
As a standard load in her assault role, she will carry the following aircraft:
10 F-35B JSF
12 MV-22 Osprey
08 AH-1 SuperCobras
04 CH-53Ks
04 MH-60S "Knighthawks".
But, she will also be able to serve in a pure air defense role with up to 22 Joint Strike Fighters. More than most of the other carriers today in that role, outside of the French De Gualle, the new UK QE, the Russian Kuznetsov, and those large carriers pllanned ny the PLAN, and more than even some of those in total aircraft in the assault role with 38.
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bladerunner
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Exactly, a few of those, perhaps 20-25000 tons wouldn't go amiss in the PLAN.
Ive also noticed over a period of time, points of view, questioning China's ability to build carriers, and countries that it could turn to for advice, eg Ukraine ,Russia arent exactly up there with the West when it comes to Capital Ships.
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