I disagree. Something like 12, maybe – 4-6 would be a waste.

I think you may have got yourself mixed up. Officially they will carry 4 helicopters, but they have room for around 11. If that has changed I would appreciate an article with full details.

Please refer to post #6: It will have hangar space for at least 2 V-22, plus 3 SH60 plus 1 EH101. There just isn’t a lot of hangar space. If you keep that complement and add a few F-35 and assume a total complement of around 11 airframes, then I would say hangar space for about 11-6= 5 F-35. Add a few on permanent deck park and you end up with about 9. This happens to coincide with the number of Sea Harrier that used to be carried by the Invincible class (which had 9 SHAR, 3 Sea King AEW, 9 Sea King ASW).

IIRC the Japanese are/have been working on their own phased array radars for naval use. There is a picture around somewhere of one fitted to a frigate.:confused:

Treining Support Ship ATS-4202 Kurobe?

Waar een rokie is moet een vuurtjie wees. Welkom en totsiens, meneer!
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4×2 AK230 (Ak630?) – Red
2x SN-N-4 (OSA) – Blue
2+ x RBU – Purple
2×2 100mm or twin 76mm – Green
? orange

German Navy Mulls Buying Finnish Landing Craft

The German Navy is testing the compatibility of the Finnish Navy’s Jurmo class landing craft with combat support ship FGS Frankfurt am Main in Helsinki on Monday, Finnish Defence Forces paper Ruotuväki reported on its website on Sunday.

“The Germans need this type of vessel and they are interested. Jurmo is one option,” the host of the naval visit, Commander Aimo Jokela, told Ruotuväki.

“One of the things we will establish is how many boats one can fit on the deck of the large combat support ship and in its cargo bays.”

Niko Haro, the chief executive of Marine Alutech, which manufactured the Finnish Navy’s Jurmos, said the design could be easily converted to comply with Nato standards.

— Finnish landing craft fare well in German Navy tests

Tests carried out on board FGS Frankfurt am Main in Helsinki on Monday to establish the compatibility of the German Navy combat support ship and the Finnish Navy’s Jurmo class landing craft were a success.

Finnish Defence Forces paper Ruotuväki had reported on its website the day before that Germany was considering buying Jurmos.

Commander Aimo Jokela said the tests consisted of lifting a Jurmo onto the deck of FGS Frankfurt am Main to see how it would fit.

“A Jurmo was hoisted with a crane from the sea onto the deck of the combat support vessel and then lowered back into the water. There were no problems,” Cdr Jokela said.

The Jurmo is the primary means of transport for Finland’s coastal commandos.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?session=dae.28035728.1184868485.sSiEon8AAAEAAE8VifoAAAAE&modele=jdc_34

Nice looking craft, also comes in 120mm mortar version. See http://www.marinealutech.com/prod-m12.htm

Wonder if the Germans did or would consider the Swedish combat boat 90. See http://www.dockstavarvet.se/index2.php?content=products&subpage=combat_boat_cb_90_h

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THink another way…
Having a carrier not only mean you can operate and learn about it, but also mean you can learn how to sink one!.
One of factor Argentina navy SuE success sunk british ship because they trained to do that with Argentina’s frigate.

Have a carrier means China can learn how to break US CVBG formation and sunk the big mother…

I hope you are not suggesting that only other carrier operators can figure out how to sink a carrier belonging to the opposition….

I,m a little confuse!.the first pic show a 16 cell vls and at the front of the ships is a 32 cell vls. Where is the 16 cell vls is located?.can this ship carry 48 sam?.

Look closely, the first pic also shows 4×1 8-cell VL launcher.