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2006-03-09 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2006-03-09 09:57|| || Front Page|| [11140 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Asbestos-free?

Posted by .com 2006-03-09 10:26|| 2006-03-09 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Not Halon free.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-03-09 10:49|| 2006-03-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Must have decided it was easier to make them unmanned craft than to fix the radiation leaks.

Posted by BH 2006-03-09 10:59|| 2006-03-09 10:59|| Front Page Top

#4 By the time these carriers will be ready, they will be the jewels of the Islamic Navy of Eurabia.

Posted by Poitiers-Lepanto">Poitiers-Lepanto 2006-03-09 11:26|| 2006-03-09 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 They must also be disposable; who's going to handle damage control?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-09 12:24|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-09 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Station-keeping and length of deployment are also affected by the available manpower. I don't think these are intended for the kinds of deployment US carriers are.

Posted by buwaya 2006-03-09 12:38|| 2006-03-09 12:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Flip side of the long-deployment question is the possible gain in crew comfort.

Posted by Throlulet Graviling7296 2006-03-09 13:06|| 2006-03-09 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Beyond the damage control and shifts brought up (which was exactly what I initially thought) one has to wonder what is the point when both countries have shown a declining will to project power. By the time they are done Europe will have no use for them.

A better use of European funds would be to plan on urban warfare and rockets and planes capable of hitting their Islamic neighbors in case of trouble.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2006-03-09 13:06|| 2006-03-09 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 "The F-35B will be the primary warplane on the British carriers."

I call bulls*** on this one. If you follow the EU/Brit press (see blog EUReferendum) the Brits are preparing to pull out of the JSF program using the battle of the second engine contract as an excuse. They will then purchase the French Rafael plane. This is rumored to be the main selling point that got the French to pony up the bucks.

The UK is selling out the "special relationship" quite cheaply to the FrEUnch in virtually all defence areas.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-03-09 13:24|| 2006-03-09 13:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Across all fronts. It's going to be a long decade or two or three for the US as we build and deepen relationships in Asia instead.

Our main value in Europe is to delay their fall to islam in the meanwhile. And to keep the economic benefits of trade with them so long as their protectionism doesn't interfere too badly.

Posted by Slavique Shinenter9520 2006-03-09 13:45|| 2006-03-09 13:45|| Front Page Top

#11 What would be realllly cool is if this baby could transform into a giant flying robot!

Posted by SteveS 2006-03-09 14:08|| 2006-03-09 14:08|| Front Page Top

#12 Britain and France Build Robocarrier

now if they only could miniturize them..nano like, and make zillions of them! »:-)

Posted by RD 2006-03-09 14:14|| 2006-03-09 14:14|| Front Page Top

#13 I don't see Europe turning into Eurabia. Instead I see increasingly draconic rules and laws combined with near civil war type military actions that eventually causes many Moslims to emigrate and sends Europe deeper into foreign policy isolation and guilt.

I also see a corresponding rise in christian religions as the fight against Islam is fought. This will create an increased birthrate once again.

I"m also painfully optimistic and let down often.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2006-03-09 14:17|| 2006-03-09 14:17|| Front Page Top

#14 Saudia Arabria will be managing our ports before those ships are built.

Posted by kelly 2006-03-09 15:06|| 2006-03-09 15:06|| Front Page Top

#15
Staff reduction is proportional to the number of monkey butlers.

Posted by Master of Obvious 2006-03-09 15:17|| 2006-03-09 15:17|| Front Page Top

#16 With the French involved in building the carriers, I hope they're budgeting for a few tugboats to help move them around.

Posted by DMFD 2006-03-09 18:48|| 2006-03-09 18:48|| Front Page Top

#17 Lol, SteveS! They need to bring Japan into the deal, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-03-09 18:51|| 2006-03-09 18:51|| Front Page Top

#18 Funny, I envisioned a minimally staffed vessel carrying a large complement of task-varied UAV Predator and GlobalHawk drones that could be catapult launched for extended missions. Toss in defensive mini-guns and Aegis phased array radar with UAV based AWACS plus some Tomahawk cruise missile tubes and such a platform could keep many less developed nations on the ropes for quite some period of time. We'll neglect to mention how Britain and France would be hard pressed to construct such a fighting machine. Aside from that, I'm sure we'll be deploying something on this order in another decade or two. Think of it as the buzzcut of flat-tops.

Posted by Zenster 2006-03-09 19:35|| 2006-03-09 19:35|| Front Page Top

#19 Something submersible?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-09 19:50|| 2006-03-09 19:50|| Front Page Top

#20 Something submersible?

I'm confident that the Anglo-French version will be, whether they intend it or not.

Posted by Zenster 2006-03-09 21:03|| 2006-03-09 21:03|| Front Page Top

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