Comments by "Simon Hool" (@simonhool3073) on "Onboard Royal Navy's largest ever warship - BBC News" video.

  1. Michael Mcalpine You mean Gibraltar...
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  2. Alexey Zakhvatov The carrier doesn't run on XP. It was rumoured that it does but it doesn't. While many on board systems used by contractors for various tasks use Windows XP, Windows 7 and various other operating systems, none of these are directly involved in running the vessel and will not be present when the ship enters operation service according to the Ministry of Defence. The new carriers are the first ships to be built with a BAE Systems designed operating system called Shared Infrastructure, which will be rolled out across the rest of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet over the next 10 years. Shared Infrastructure is a state-of-the-art system that will revolutionise the way ships operate by using virtual technologies to host and integrate the sensors, weapons and management systems that complex warships require. Replacing multiple large consoles dedicated to specific tasks with a single hardware solution, reduces the amount of spares required to be carried onboard and will significantly decrease through-life costs. "The MoD can confirm that Windows XP will not be used by any onboard system when the ship becomes operational, this also applies to HMS Prince of Wales.”
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  3. Dave James Bullshit, absolute bollocks.
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  4. RobertDeville Explain why the carrier is crewed and had its crew two years before she sailed?
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  5. Gavin Sharp QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along. Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off.
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  6. volkswin Explain
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  7. ToonandBBfan Wildcat, not lynx but not that much of the wildcat, more Merlin.
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  8. Aussie Drifter QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along. The engines in QE are certainly more than “A few over sized truck engines.” It will not take around 30,000 crew to man QE or POW either.
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  9. some yellow sri lankan The carrier isn’t named after the Queen, google the name and you’ll see it isn’t. Also, being British has no bearing on wether you like the name or not.
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  10. sparkss4 The carrier doesn't run on XP. It was rumoured that it does but it doesn't. While many on board systems used by contractors for various tasks use Windows XP, Windows 7 and various other operating systems, none of these are directly involved in running the vessel and will not be present when the ship enters operation service according to the Ministry of Defence. The new carriers are the first ships to be built with a BAE Systems designed operating system called Shared Infrastructure, which will be rolled out across the rest of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet over the next 10 years. Shared Infrastructure is a state-of-the-art system that will revolutionise the way ships operate by using virtual technologies to host and integrate the sensors, weapons and management systems that complex warships require. Replacing multiple large consoles dedicated to specific tasks with a single hardware solution, reduces the amount of spares required to be carried onboard and will significantly decrease through-life costs. "The MoD can confirm that Windows XP will not be used by any onboard system when the ship becomes operational, this also applies to HMS Prince of Wales.”
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  11. Cody Smith “Not likely to get on track before 2025.” Explain why in less than four weeks the first ever F35B will land on QE. The carrier is a super carrier as she weighs 70,000 tons, engine propulsion has no bearing on the super carrier status. It would have not been better to build 16 helicopter carriers as we don’t have the crew for that many or the space for that many. QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along.
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  12. m scott “No jets for a few years”, although in less than four weeks the first ever F35B to land on a carrier will be on QE.
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  13. 4TheRecord The carrier doesn't run on XP. It was rumoured that it does but it doesn't. While many on board systems used by contractors for various tasks use Windows XP, Windows 7 and various other operating systems, none of these are directly involved in running the vessel and will not be present when the ship enters operation service according to the Ministry of Defence. The new carriers are the first ships to be built with a BAE Systems designed operating system called Shared Infrastructure, which will be rolled out across the rest of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet over the next 10 years. Shared Infrastructure is a state-of-the-art system that will revolutionise the way ships operate by using virtual technologies to host and integrate the sensors, weapons and management systems that complex warships require. Replacing multiple large consoles dedicated to specific tasks with a single hardware solution, reduces the amount of spares required to be carried onboard and will significantly decrease through-life costs. "The MoD can confirm that Windows XP will not be used by any onboard system when the ship becomes operational, this also applies to HMS Prince of Wales.”
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  14. costelloj70 Sure
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  15. moelio20 QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along.
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  16. Edith Dodds You have no idea do you. If QE is to ever break down, your English ability will break first which is already has done. sigh
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  17. M suriname Nope. QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along.
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  18. Ernesto Gastelum The RN have the RFA, the most well know fleet replenishment service in the world. They provide fuel and supplies to warships like the US and every other Navy across the world. The US do port visits all the time, as your comment implies they don’t. All Navies have to do port visits for a number of reasons varying from: Refuelling when not possible at sea, humanitarian work, diplomatic trips, port trips for the crew, maintenance in a foreign port and for a vessel to dock in their base which may be in another country.
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  19. henry hurst Wheel doesn’t need to be any bigger, the vast majority of the time the captain was pilot the vessel.
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  20. Soothing Sounds “Outdated computers”, please explain. Second of all, you don’t know what the F35B is? You know we own around 15, 9 of which are in the UK with 48 ordered and paid for. There is a good chance this number is being increased to roughly 150 too. In less than one months time the first ever F35B will land on the carrier. Lastly, women can pilot vessels no differently to women.
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  21. gary jess “Haven’t even got any planes...” You don’t know what the F35B is? You know we own around 15, 9 of which are in the UK with 48 ordered and paid for. There is a good chance this number is being increased to roughly 150 too. In less than one months time the first ever F35B will land on the carrier.
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