In three years’ time, Izumo or Kaga-or both-could join the naval swap-meet.Īn earlier version of this story mistook Ise for Kaga. In preparation for this “cross-decking,” America and Queen Elizabeth spent last week swapping F-35Bs.
Each deck is a base extending the range and endurance of any compatible plane. F-35Bs launching from a British carrier could refuel on an American carrier and recover on a Japanese one. The Chinese rocket force possesses hundreds of long-range anti-ship missiles, any one of which could disable or sink a carrier. Rather, they’d spread out in order to complicate the enemy’s targeting. In wartime, it’s unlikely three flattops would sail within sight of each other. It makes a lot of sense to combine three vessels that eventually will operate the same fighter type.
America, Queen Elizabeth and the Izumos lack these “cats and traps.” The F-35Bs they carry have downward-blasting lift fans that allow them to take off after a short rolling run and land straight down.
The C-model Joint Strike Fighter needs a catapult to launch and an arrestor wire to recover. Vinson’s F-35Cs aren’t compatible with the other three big-deck ships. Izumo and Kaga should be able to embark up to 10 F-35Bs. Add Vinson’s 10 catapult-launched F-35Cs, and you’ve got at least 34 stealth fighters. The 919-foot Queen Elizabeth has 18 F-35Bs aboard. America, 844 feet from bow to stern, embarks at least six vertical-landing F-35Bs. Still, Vinson’s close brush with the other vessels resulted in the biggest-ever assembly of maritime stealth fighters. Rather, she sailed around the group, bound for the port of Yokosuka in eastern Japan. Vinson didn’t actually join up with America, Queen Elizabeth, Ise and their escorts south of Okinawa. fleet’s 10 supercarriers to embark a squadron of big-wing F-35C stealth fighters. The 1,092-foot, nuclear-powered Vinson is the first of the U.S.
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