HMS Queen Elizabeth, one of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, leaving the Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh to begin her sea worthiness trials on 26 June Royal Navy
The Independent: UK's most expensive military assets 'increasingly vulnerable' to cheap missile attacks by Russia and China
RUSI report finds attack could 'at least disable' new British aircraft carrier costing over £3bn
British military assets including the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier are increasingly vulnerable to cheap missile attacks from Russia and China, warns a new report calling for a dramatic re-think on defence.
The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) identified a series of complex threats to ships, military aircraft and conventional weapons by states including North Korea and terror groups.
Authors said that although potential adversaries have not “caught up” with the US and UK in all areas, they have focused efforts on low-cost and high-threat areas including precision missiles and cyber attacks to increase the threat.
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WNU editor: These concerns have been around for a while .... Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers cannot stop Russia's new hypersonic Zircon missiles (The Independent). More here .... HMS Queen Elizabeth will go 'straight to the bottom of the ocean' without greater protection, retired RAF chiefs warn (The Telegraph).
The Navies know that the big Carriers or any other big ships won't last more than a week in a real war, but these ships are ideal for Gunboat Diplomacy, resource stealing, spreading democracy and nation "choke" building, which is why they exist.
ReplyDeleteAircraft carrier=floating death trap for the personnel on them.
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Unfortunately you may have nailed it spot on as to why these things exist. Since I approach military analysis strictly based upon what makes sense for national defense and am opposed to these other things you mention, I was dumbfounded as to why so much money is wasted on things that "won't last more than a week in a real war" and are a virtual death warrant for the personnel on them.
Actual I think "a week" is giving these things to much credit. I would give them about 30 minutes if that. Candidate Trump talked much about ending nation building. Candidate Trump was right when he did so.
All US aircraft carriers need to be brought home forthwith, they need to be dismantled, and the enormous cost savings we would get from eliminating these would be enormous. These resources could then be used to fix our crumbling infrastructure. We would enhance our national security and grow economy. This would be a win/win all the way around.