Your Favorite Warship?

But we digress 😉

We do. 😉
About the AEW for the STOVL CVF, Mr.Beedall’s site mentions the possibility of rotary wing UAVs taking on the role, although this is of course a big “if”. It also shows some V-22 AEW concepts but says the program is unlikely to proceed.
http://navy-matters.beedall.com/masc.htm

My favourite ship;

Another favorite of mine is ofcourse the handsome Vittorio Veneto class…

Impressive Ships! Yet, they were often over looked? I wonder how they would compare to the Bismarck Class? 😮

Another favorite of mine is ofcourse the handsome Vittorio Veneto class…

Easy. I read The Cruel Sea at an impressionable age

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Moggy

The trouble is, now that the industry has already been shafted (happened a long time ago, as you pointed out) it is no longer capable of delivering an aircraft that fulfills the mission requirements – not at an acceptable price, anyway. Navalizing the Typhoon is out of the question for that reason, as is a completely new design (small production run).

I would also prefer the F-35C and E-2D (Have they even considered what going STOVL implicates for their choice of AEW platforms? Doesn’t seem like it!) but it is not about showing the French a thing or two. It’s about spending your money wisely, a CTOL CVF is going to be quite a bit more capable for a minimum of additional investment.

Rafale with EJ200s and other Typhoon systems would also be a very good choice, IMHO. But we digress 😉

I would like it much more if equipped with F/A-35C Lightning and E-2D Hawkeye! That would show the French a thing or two! 😀

Well yeah, it’ll show the French that the UK MoD have been perfectly happy with shafting their indigenous aircraft industry, a tradition going back to the cancellation of the P.1154 and TSR.2 and resulting in them buying foreign products instead of supporting their own industry. An aircraft industry now a shadow of what it used to be, unfortunately. With no funding, what can you do?

I’m not interested in a F-35C vs X debate, I quite like the jet but if your industry is capable of making a product that fulfills your mission requirements, you should support your indigenous industry.

I’d have to say at the moment the ship that I am most interested in is the CVF. It will be able to carry about 1/2 the aircraft of a Nimitz with about 1/4 of the crew, efficient. Also the CVF will give the RN a capability it has lacked for some while. Hopefully the MoD won’t pull out!

I would like it much more if equipped with F/A-35C Lightning and E-2D Hawkeye! That would show the French a thing or two! 😀

FLY NAVY 😎

Obviously the Norwegian Fridjof Nansen class:

And the Skjold class:

I mean, who can resist 60 knots of lethal metal?

Disregarding the obvious bias towards Norway, I realy like the Udaloy-II. Combined the nice orginal Udaloy with among others the Sunburn missiles.

I’d have to say at the moment the ship that I am most interested in is the CVF. It will be able to carry about 1/2 the aircraft of a Nimitz with about 1/4 of the crew, efficient. Also the CVF will give the RN a capability it has lacked for some while. Hopefully the MoD won’t pull out!

no you’re not remembering correctly 😉 PLAN never had any joint manoeuvres with Kuznetsov included. Admiral Ushakov was the one which needed half a year of repairs after this deployment and not Kuznetsov (as she went out a month later to train new pilots). Ushakov lost two liferafts in this storm which actually ended up on the Icelandic coast. The ships went at anchor above Iceland after this and the rescue tugs came alongside Kuznetsov and Velikiy for repairs.

The one involved in PLAN joint manoeuvres was Burniy along with an Udaloy (I think it was Panteleyev could have been Shaposhnikov too).

Ah thanks Neptune, I stand happily corrected! I think it was some chinese website which gave the spurious info.

I dread to think what the crew of the Ushakov were going through.

no you’re not remembering correctly 😉 PLAN never had any joint manoeuvres with Kuznetsov included. Admiral Ushakov was the one which needed half a year of repairs after this deployment and not Kuznetsov (as she went out a month later to train new pilots). Ushakov lost two liferafts in this storm which actually ended up on the Icelandic coast. The ships went at anchor above Iceland after this and the rescue tugs came alongside Kuznetsov and Velikiy for repairs.

The one involved in PLAN joint manoeuvres was Burniy along with an Udaloy (I think it was Panteleyev could have been Shaposhnikov too).

right fedaykin.i used to watch the video and what manoveurs 😉
firstly i felt scared but then u realise what a beaty beast it is

She was returning from joint manouvres with the PLAN but hit bad weather if I remember correctly. The Admiral Kuznetsov had to spend a fair amount of time in refit when she got back.

Type 956 Sovremenny class Admiral Ushakov out on manouvers with the Admiral Kuznetsoz.

right fedaykin.i used to watch the video and what manoveurs 😉
firstly i felt scared but then u realise what a beaty beast it is

mine prefered is this one.guess which is? :p

Type 956 Sovremenny class Admiral Ushakov out on manouvers with the Admiral Kuznetsoz.

mine prefered is this one.guess which is? :p

I just love the look of the Maraseti, I just hope the fire control systems can make good use of all that mean looking gear. It is a bit powerful to just be tooling around the Black Sea

I have a softspot for one-of-a-kind vessels, only one example built and in service. Here’s such an example: Romanian Navy “Marasesti” frigate. She sure looks mean!

I think the Qahir class of Oman is a cute little ship

other wise, in a rising sea of angled stealthy looking ships, the feroucious look of top heavy Russian/Soviet warships is much more appealing.

First time I heard a warship called “cute”. LOL

Kirov all the way

How can you go past the Kirov… the thing looks like it could sail against a USN CBG alone , have enough SAMs and CIWS’ on board to shoot anything launched against it down, big enough to survive anything short of a nuke or a 16inch shell, enough anti sub capacity to defend against the waves of subs and in the end carry enough nuke tipped 500km range cruise missiles to make sure at least one gets through.. oh.. and its so damned ugly it couldnt be anything but Russian. I WANT ONE, maybe for a few euros or $US i could arrange some dodgy russian underworld type to ‘aquire’ one for me :diablo: