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UK Navy fallen on hard times

| February 21, 2024 | 21 Comments
UK Navy fallen on hard times

Been some disparaging articles about the Brit Navy. From the 12th: A UK Royal Navy aircraft carrier canceled its launch to join a NATO exercise on Sunday, the second similar failure in a week. A UK carrier was meant to be a centerpiece of NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercises taking place off the coast of Norway. […]

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UK Carriers – one and a spare, neither can resupply

| June 16, 2023 | 14 Comments
UK Carriers  – one and a spare, neither can resupply

The U.K. has two aircraft carriers, the HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.  Both are currently undergoing sea trials, the QE being further along in its works than the PoW.  After a years-long struggle to get adequate radar systems from Thales, the big MIC conglomerate based in France, the two ships are finally […]

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