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12-08-20, 02:47 PM | #1 | |
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New aircraft carrier for France to cost 8.5 billion USD
Hard to believe with the economic problems of the present day coronavirus that a country would expend the huge amount of funds needed to produce such a vessel, but our country is also building them at a record pace.
Makes me project the thoughts that when finished they may very well be used in a global conflict. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...?ocid=BingNews France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Quote:
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12-12-20, 12:33 AM | #2 |
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Its not surprising however this is early stages and by then corona will be but a page in the history book.
Generally this will be a 10-15 year R&D plus design phase before any steel is cut, i also think they have understated capability here. They state its a vessel that 300m long (20m longer than the British carriers) yet carries less aircraft. The CDG has some way to go before being decommissioned and this new carrier like the CDG will likely be a one off, that said there's still time to revise the design. Most ships that are in build usually we find they are already having designs made up for the replacement, take the T45 DDG before the last one hit the water work was already under way on its replacement.
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