Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford anchors off UK coast" video.

@1chish You are forgetting that Ford is the first application. The USN C-13 steam cat and MK-7 didn't get their reliability overnight. Those systems date back the 60s EMALS and AAG are still relatively new compared them. Same with everything else. Noting besides weapons was carried over to the Ford Class Every you mention is completely new tech. The QE cost less because does less and has less Ford has to accommodate F-18, F-35, E-2, EA-18G, MH-60 and CMV-22 plus the future MQ-25 and FA/XX Besides the F-35s, and helos, the QE does not have to accommodate much else So we are just going to ignore the Prince of Wales issues ?
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The USN has hundreds of the F-18E/F as they are the main user so its easy for them to get planes The F-35 is has dozens of users and getting planes is still very much a chore right now till Lockheed gets FRP approval
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that's a bit of a stretch While it's true that CVNs have more airpower than most countries air forces, the UK isn't one of them
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You have to understand the difference The USN can afford build CVN and LHAs while the UK can not The QE class is similar to the LHA class not the CVN Both the QE and LHA are designed to operate both F-35 and helicopter primarily while the CVN is designed to basically be a floating fortress with an air field
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@davidhouseman4328 Exactly why they dont compare with CVNs
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