Interesting video from On the Roger regarding the Highly Mechanised Weapons Handling system in operation on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Aircraft Carriers III
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Jura The idiot
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Not the magazines.....
Jura The idiot
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thought this was a magazine:
That looks like a weapons elevator to me.
Hi Popeye, I remember back in the day you had some reservations regarding the level of automation and lack of people in the loop wrt to weapons handling on the QE class vis-a-vis standard US carrier practice, having seen video of the system in operation changed your views any? A step forward or dangerous over-automation?
The horizontal movement is different than the "conventional" way, by saving two ( maybe three) pair of hands.
It can means maybe six pair of hands saving per elevator IF there is no emergency repair need, only preventive/scheduled.
However as the machines getting aged they will need more and more maintenance person, and the nightmare will be when they have to keep say four full set of maintenance engineers to be able to fix the things when there is high demand for ordnance movement. Specialised, unique skill set.
That can easily negate all expected advantage, without considering that the ordnance movers can be used for other tasks.
But it is way better than the Ford, as it looks like in that case they made angled elevators, each of them differently shaped and requiring special and different skills to make/operate.
Jura The idiot
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and you're right according to
"Forward-deployed to Japan for just under a year, the amphibious assault ship Wasp will depart Sasebo soon for its previous homeport here and will be replaced by the amphibious assault ship America, which will leave San Diego."
etc.: Guess who’s coming back to Norfolk?
Jura The idiot
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now noticed in Twitter ():
italian aicraft carrier enters port for repair and upgrade
italian aicraft carrier enters port for repair and upgrade
Honestly I just guessed because I knew that America did an at sea period in with F-35B Lightning aboard about two years ago. And I know that only ships with the special F-35B electronic wizardry can operate the F-35B. Behold;
11.18.2016...Overall view of USS America with loaded deck of F-35Bs, MV-22s, MH-60S, AH-1Z and UH-1Y aboard. Courtesy Photo/US Navy
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2016) Four F-35B Lightning II aircraft perform a flyover above the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during the Lightning Carrier Proof of Concept Demonstration. The F-35B will eventually replace three Marine Corps aircraft; the AV-8B Harrier, F/A-18 Hornet and the EA-6B Prowler. (U.S. Navy photo by Andy Wolfe/Released)