From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Apr 13 2005 - 06:51:29 PDT
At 3:14 PM +0930 4/13/05, dgrev wrote:
>Ryan
>
>>It does however look like the UK is returning
>>to the fold of more standard fixed wing carrier
>>(60,000 tons est) sometime in the next 10 years.
>
>I am in the dark, what has happened with the Harrier concept? I know
>that the US is moving towards 2nd generation VTOL and that the Brits
>were not. What are the Brits going to use on this big carrier if not
>VTOL? They would have to develop something themselves or alter an
>existing design for carrier use F-22/Eurofighter, which would not be fun?
The UK is I believe part of the purchasing base
for the Joint Strike Fighter. I think they're
going for the STOVL model (F-35B) for their new
carrier concept.
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