My bad. It is for two.
50 years on Eli vs minimum 30 years for Gorky.
5 of that 14 is development costs. So program cost will reduce in time with more carriers built.£6.2bn ($9.9bn) for two supercarriers of a new class... vs the $14bn were spending on one of a new class. Stuff your bitching England.
... and what did the QE-class cost to develop? The comparison remains valid as both are new types.
They will make the Aircraft carrier no doubt. It would be more expensive to cancel the second one at this stage. Not to mention such a decision would cost hundreds, if not thousands of scarce jobs, which no govt will be able to approve.
The decision on whether to operate a second carrier won't be made until 2015 at the earliest. One new possibility though. South Korea recently announced it's intention to acquire carriers as well. Granted, they're planning to build two of their own Cavour-sized ships in the 2030s, but they might find a brand-new British supercarrier in the 2020s rather tempting should the English lack stomachs to operate both.
Not saying that you are wrong.
They are shutting down the rest of their military to afford this. The Queen of the Seas can't be reduced to a fishing village, after all.
A more fundamental question is, why are the Brits wasting money on such toys when they are in economic crisis, recession, etc.? Far from having any threat to their integrity, no one even cares about them - they are a thoroughly insignificant nation.
Bryant Harrison McGill, the American author said
Indians are always reinventing the wheel
What can be done? When you get paid to reinvent the wheel only, and not to develop the rest of the chassis?Indians are always reinventing the wheel
india should give some aid so that they could get rid of the 2nd one after the completion
unnecessary show-off. by the way this may be the last carrier they will use, because after the partition of scotland there will be a permanent sun-set for british kingDOOMEDNot saying that you are wrong.
Anyway, the Ford class program is too big for a real comparison with any other country.
They are shutting down the rest of their military to afford this. The Queen of the Seas can't be reduced to a fishing village, after all.
Another Indian poster with inferiority complex? Don't we already have enough of them?
65KTons of Carrier along with F 35 B ...
I don't think it is "inferiority complex". Even I would make similar comments about the Brits. This is entirely due to the sanctimonious and pompous and condescending nature of Brits online. I have learnt from experience that Brits cannot bear to see India as anything other than their stereotypical land of cows and snake charmers. If we send a rocket up, "oooh, poor India starving India". If some private company builds a supertall in Mumbai, "oooh, dirty India slum India". If we build a massive border fence between India and Pakistan, "ooooh see what they have been doing with our aid all these years".
French Thales is also in the Project
LOL you amreeki sure loves your lap dog but you can't change the truth.
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