Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "USS Gerald R Ford Vs HMS Queen Elizabeth - Nuclear vs Non-nuclear" video.

  1. At least we know Nord had problems and now has them sorted. How many of the others are hacked right now.
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  2. Brits have nuke dubs, but don’t have the land infrastructure for nuclear powered carriers. Carriers need to carry aircraft fuel and all the other supplies. Adding bunker fuel to that lot is not such a big ask.
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  3. Anti ship ballistic missiles will be a nasty threat to any big ship.
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  4. The pressurised water reactors appear economical but mitigating their inherent hazards really shoves up costs. And they can’t be refuelled without replacing the whole reactor pressure vessel. One day we might see molten salt reactors. They run at atmospheric pressure with almost no inherent hazards and the types with fuel rods can be refuelled in service. BUT we do not have marine designs and there are no plans to build anything any time soon. Basically the world chose the PWR VHS when the molten salt Betamax was a far better idea.
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