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Jeff Head said:
With all the talk of the SRLV process the Royal Navy will use for landing their F-35Bs on the QE carriers, I still wonder if they will use a barricade system to ensure that any damaged or malfunctioning aircraft landing in that manner can be stopped without indangering aircraft or personnel further forward on the vessel.

I thought it would be educational for SD members to understand how the barrier system works on US carriers, and interesting to see what, if anuything, the UK employs.

Basically you have a barricade whose stanchions lift out of the deck to the vertical positon where a very tough netting is fitted to them. The combined strength of all of the lines/netting that make up the barricade is strong enough to stop (or arrest) a US Navy aircraft coming in at landing speed or even higher.

Here are a number of pictures showing what the barricade it, numerous examples of it being used, and how it is erected on US super carriers to this day.
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I doubt they put this up for prop planes (E2 Hawkeye) coming in for a landing...am I right?:confused:
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British military power the Empire Strikes back!

Good footage of plenty of hardware with the launch of the Trident missile at the very end plenty of action from the Type 45 DDG too

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Here are some screen shot of the naval task force not so clear but I see the following

LPD HMS Bulmark
LHD HMS Ocean
HMS Illustrious
RFA Fort Austin
RFA Mount Bay

And few other FFG and DDG

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four of the six Type 45 destroyers would receive Harpoon launchers recycled from the last four decommissioned Type 22 frigates.

Decommissioned in 2011, two years for recuperate this missiles, very long !

Now Daring have received ?
 
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four of the six Type 45 destroyers would receive Harpoon launchers recycled from the last four decommissioned Type 22 frigates.

Decommissioned in 2011, two years for recuperate this missiles, very long !

Now Daring have received ?
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I believe this was just speculation why do we need to do that is it because we can't afford a few dozen old and out of date Harpoon missiles? No

Currently RN doesn't want to have them so they don't do it simple, if they needed them they would have had them installed with the latest block of Harpoon missiles

The issue is not missile it's requirement and refitting not the actual weapon itself

I would however say that Type 45 DDG should be able to provide NATO with Tomahawk missiles it's the SSN that currently fill the role which is a shame because they are really hard pressed and don't however the firepower of a DDG

Also in the future adding BMD to Type 45 would be great addition to them and yeah also Harpoon

But if RN took that route we could only build 4 x Type 45 not the 6 we have due to cost issues

Dreaming of 12 x Type 45 DDG with Tommys, Harpoons and BMD is long gone

Same thing with Carriers it's ski jump so cats and traps are out that's the reality we live by it

I know Americans are pushing for BMD becuase they like this capability and have it part of AEGIS with Russia playing hell it is a possibility I guess
 
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