British aircraft carrier will not be sent to Middle East, say officials (www.ft.com)

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[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Isn't their only carrier unable to actually engage in any operations due to lack of escorts and/or crew?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

probably cause it's not actually sea worthy either

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, it was built by the French, so probably

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

they have two, one is in dry dock, the other one is the ship the article is about

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I was referring to the Prince of Wales. It suffered from a lot of technical problems and lack of escorts, but apparently they turned it around. Supposedly.

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I was hoping it would get destroyed.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I mean it might just sink all on its own given the state of British navy.

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Is the UK even able to deploy an aircraft carrier?

[-] Astrius@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Iran would laugh at it before sinking it.

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