It is due to the more modern integrated electric propulsion.
Remember the Sabre from ? It a few days ago. When I first read about that engine many years ago, it was supposed to be a hypersonic engine that would power both space planes and hypersonic missiles. Now I am not sure if there are any non-MIC companies doing the same type of development.
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Royal Navy dual carrier exercises on Nov 16th in the North Sea.
The French are not impressed.
I think the UK have like a whole set of F-35Bs for a single carrier. Their thought was they would only have one carrier at sea at any one time and they would share the aircraft. So they bought 36 aircraft, of which one crashed, another three are in the US for training. So they have 30.
So what happens when those aircraft need maintenance? You do not have enough even to fill a single carrier anymore. Oops.
So what happens when those aircraft need maintenance? You do not have enough even to fill a single carrier anymore. Oops.
The best thing that could happen to UK is if both carriers become totally inoperable. The whole thing was stupid to begin with, especially considering just how strapped for cash UK is right now.
The UK is not strapped for cash, however it is overspending on welfare and the NHS at the expense of the millitary.
The UK can't build much of anything properly anymore. Just look at what happened to their high speed rail project.
Not due to lack of money thrown at it though
That's where the votes come from and where their taxpayers want their money to be spent on.