January 7, 201214 yr From AOL Defense [excerpt] US and UK To Work Together on Carrier Design, DeploymentsBy Colin Clark Published: January 6, 2012 PENTAGON: Sometimes politico-diplomatic announcements are just plain hard to decipher, even when you know they convey significant news. That may be the case with this nugget sent out yesterday evening by Pentagon spokesman George Little: ...
January 7, 201214 yr Personally, I don't see this happening. The UK doesn't have the carrier capability we have - no proficiency with trapped landings, as the Brits have harriers (which hover-in for carrier landings). They tried doing this with the French and it fell through. However, I could be wrong - stranger things have happened and budgets are extremely tight in both navies. That's my take anyway. FWFS, Greg Emerson, DM1(SW), USN-Retired Renton, WA, USA
January 7, 201214 yr Author Personally, I don't see this happening. The UK doesn't have the carrier capability we have - no proficiency with trapped landings, as the Brits have harriers (which hover-in for carrier landings). They tried doing this with the French and it fell through. However, I could be wrong - stranger things have happened and budgets are extremely tight in both navies. That's my take anyway. The Harriers are gone and the Royal Navy has begun investing in EMALS. With the budgets as tight as they are, I can't see them doing anything but trying to share designs and deployments with the USN if they want to retain any conventional aircraft carrier capability.
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