Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "Did Japan just get its first aircraft carrier since WW2?!?" video.

  1. In other news, HMS Prince Of Wales is now fully operational, and has not only F35's and helicopters aboard but the option of launching small multi-purpose drones too (primarily for training although I bet they could also be adapted to other purposes)
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  2.  @georgebarnes8163  (A) old information pal, Prince Of Wales DOES have fixed wing aircraft now, only four F35's and some drones (which it now can also operate using a special catapult-rig), but it's a start with more to come, maybe consider actually looking this stuff up before commenting next time lol 😉 (B) the F35 is actually partly British designed and built and the B variant was directly inspired by the ALL-British Harrier, which if course can operate from her too as can any other VTOL, STOVL or STORL capable aircraft in the world, whether fixed wing or rotary, of which there are in fact many kinds; (C) there is nothing antiquated about the Merlin, we are not in short supply of them, there is plenty of other helicopter types we have that can operate from a QE-class besides a Merlin; and even if they WERE old helicopters? Complaining about that is pretty damn rich if it's coming from America or Russia or China lol. (D) there are 8 British F35's on QE at last count, not 6. Oh and (E) right now there is no Royal Navy F35's no, but that's not permanently gonna be the case and so long as there's British jets of ANY branch that're still operating off British carriers with British pilots I don't see what the hell difference that makes
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  3.  @georgebarnes8163  as for "lame duck" how many nations the size of Britain, with the same sort of defence budget, are there out there right now with navies that have two fully-operational, full-sized modern aircraft carriers equipped with 5th-gen stealth jets? Not too many last time I checked
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  4.  @holy_crusaderoftheholyland4713  well it's true, the main purpose of them is to simulate attacking enemy low-level missiles or aircraft, for the F35's and the carrier group's own defences to practice against
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  5.  @georgebarnes8163  half-American half-British in the Queen Elizabeth's case, two thirds British in fact if you count the helicopters, and ALL-British in Prince Of Wales's case, no US Marines aboard in her case
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  6.  @georgebarnes8163  the Harrier was all-British, the AV8B Harrier II was a joint Anglo-American project
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  7.  @georgebarnes8163  depends on your definition of "fully operational" I suppose but as far as the RN's concerned they are, and again, yes the F35's are being flown by the RAF, so bloody what, the CARRIER is still Royal Navy and they wouldn't get very far without that
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  8.  @georgebarnes8163  as for two of them happening to have temporary maintenance issues you're just grasping at bloody straws now lol, kindly just grow up and admit there is 8 rather than 6 aboard her please
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  9.  @georgebarnes8163  as for the Prince Of Wales yes she now DOES have fixed-wing aircraft aboard whether you want to admit it or not
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  10.  @georgebarnes8163  https://youtu.be/-XO17qkYt-Y
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  11.  @georgebarnes8163  huh?
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