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maybe they will have planes for it?
next stop Poland?“Germany and France are already working together on the project of a European future combat aircraft,” she wrote in an essay in the German newspaper Die Welt (English translation here ). “The next step could be the start of the symbolic project of building a common European aircraft carrier to express the global role of the European Union as a power ensuring security and peace.”
Merkel seemed to endorse the idea. "It's right and good that we have such equipment on the European side, and I'm happy to work on it." -
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Why shouldn't EU, which is a block with more citizens than USA, have 10-12 aircraft carrier groups? That would nicely boost force projectionComment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
Who's going to pay for it all (something like $3tn)? And who shall we put in charge of it all? I have a suggestion - we could elect (or nominate) a President who would be in charge of everything in Europe, and then we could get rid of individual governments to stop all the bickering. What could possibly go wrong...?His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier cost is £6.2 billion (budget for both ships) US$10.4 billion (FY2014)Originally posted by Mordac View Post
uk aricraft carrier cost - Google Search
So £62 bln for 12 aircraft carriers (big discounts usually available for mass production).
How much for support ships/subs? Don't know, but certainly not 10 times more.Comment
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Maybe this one won't run on windows XPComment
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I wouldn't be so sure, given that the EU has an expensive habit of insisting on designing their own versions of solutions which exist elsewhere. Don't forget the planes (the UK bought F35s from the US at around $90m each). The EU would probably want to develop their own aircraft. Ditto for weapons systems. Each carrier would require a large support group, and Ministers in the UK aren't saying what the QE will have in support, although I'd expect somewhere between 10-15 vessels with various capabilities, depending on the operation.Originally posted by AtW View Post
The EU won't be buying British, whatever happens!His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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A custom designed version of Linux, most likely...Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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designed in brusselsOriginally posted by Mordac View PostA custom designed version of Linux, most likely...
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