@@Whittletonblood nah, make the sucker Space worthy and sail the seas of Venus. All it takes is 13 1/2 Jangur' Series III sub/hyper light propulsion constructs (methane breathing version.) After those install the Atmospheric Retaining Windbreaker generator and DONE! I'M PROUD TO SAY I HELPED DESIGN THE VERBAGE FOR THOSE ASSETS!
I am Ground pounder. But I have great memories of working side by side with our British Brethren it was an honor, and would gladly stand beside the men and women of The U.K. Through what ever may come.🇬🇧🇺🇸
The F-35B and the aircraft carriers with no catapult system are so wrong for the UK navy. These fighters will never carry armament as equal as those F-35C fighters and their range is inferior as well. On top of that, China is building aircraft carriers with electromagnetic catapults!
@@JohnKickboxing I agree CATOBAR should've been installed at the time the two flat-tops were built but they are getting EMALS now. RFQ's have been requested. Just hope they are of appropriate capacity for larger than just drone aeroplanes.
@@andrewbaxter6432 so that one instance paints the whole UK army as not 'well equipped'? the US struggled against Vietnam so clearly Vietnam has a superior army to the US...
Good to see you here Aaron. Thanks for the content of Sub Brief. Hugely informative for all of us interested in Naval and Military matters. Any chance of videos on Dreadnought, Vanguard and Astute boats? Also with the replacement of the Vanguard class with Dreadnought what about refitting Vanguards as SSGN's? Good idea or impractical? Are vertical silos for non-nuke missiles worth the expense?
@@nathanwhittaker3979: if anything they learn far more. Regarding what radar frequencies can detect/ track/range what targets at what ranges and altitudes, Response times, loadouts, cruise speeds, range at which the F35’s are detected.
For the naysayers on here who criticise the UK for buying the F-35B and question our capability... Don't underestimate the skill and resourcefulness of the British fighting force. As countries like Russia and China boast of military capability, then the Russians get exposed in Ukraine against organised, well trained and determined fighters. With some half decent weaponry our enemies would be unpleasantly surprised by how well we can operate.
as a scot its pathetic when we have thousand of food banks and poverty! and this sad mini fleet is wasting tax payers money! would not last 5 minutes against russia! SAOR ALBA
@@franciscruickshank8794 What a sad, bitter little man you are. It's clear from your comments that you know nothing about the capabilities of this fleet or you wouldn't have said something so laughably ignorant. And, obviously, you need to be reminded that this ship was built in Scotland, providing thousands of skilled jobs and billions to the the local economy. But, like most nationalists, you have a habit of ignoring uncomfortable truths. Anyway, if you want to really see food banks and poverty in Scotland all you have to do is vote for independence. Good luck with that. BTW, I wouldn't waste your time trying to make up a reply. It will just be full of nationalistic fervour and I'll never read it anyway. Ha ha.
@NAGA morees Hearts of oak are our ships, Jolly tars are our men, we always are ready; Steady, boys, steady! We’ll fight and we’ll conquer again and again.
@NAGA morees chased? As in by the ones hiding and planting ied's all the while being to scared to get to close and within range of our bullets? 20 years is a long chase🤣 Think the words your looking for are hide like cowards and wait till they've gone. Clown.
Britain needs that 3rd carrier, and additional Type 45 destroyers, Type 26 Frigates, and Astute-class submarines with at least 1 amphibious assault ship.
Third carrier is a no go, given they stopped buying F-35's and have lots of American pilots and aircraft on their decks. With Japan now offering to make F-35 carriers out of their old heli carriers now, the supply of F-35s will be spread even further.
@@spamuraigranatabru1149 they have not stopped buying F35's, they're still on order it's just a slow process getting them, although you're probably right about a third carrier not happening anytime soon unfortunately simply due to lack of money. Does look like there's gonna be a change of plans and both the carriers we DO have are gonna be capable of operating simultaneously though instead of only one at a time, since Prince Of Wales is getting her own seperate air-group
Please remember this, Eric, when the populist filth rant about why we should even give foreign aid money to other counties, then link them to your comment.
A BIG thank you to Russia for providing the Royal Navy with a superb training opportunity to assist them in sharpening their skills! The RN are more than capable of dealing with third rate military powers like Russia.
@@OllyKilo The Moskva is a great example of why surface naval ships, like HMS Queen Elizabeth, are obsolete relics in the age of hypersonic missiles. HMS Queen Elizabeth travels at 25 knots, a Russian Khinzal missile travels at 8,000 knots. You are beating your chest over your former supremacy in a bygone era. The Queen Elizabeth is a pointless relic, only useable against a third world country. The real question is, how does your submarine fleet and missile technology compare to Russia? Who really is the third rate military power now? Not to worry Olly, I am sure all those doctors and engineers that you receive from the Middle East and Africa on dinghies will make the UK great again!
@@OllyKilo Russia can afford to field the cost of 64 Submarines vs. 11 for the UK. Does the UK even have hypersonic missiles? On a PPP basis, Russia is the sixth largest economy in the world, just under Germany. The UK is the eighth. Only Russia has real wealth, oil, gas, metals, etc., while the UK has financial services. The Ruble has strengthened versus the pound since the start of the war. I love the UK, and I'd rather live there than Russia for now, but you also didn't rise up from a total communist collapse in 1990 either. And if the UK doesn't stop the replacement level migration, I'd probably rather be in Russia over the long term. Plus, way hotter girls. Cheers Olly.
Harking to those long gone days when the British had a credible navy. But now? Well, habits die hard or delusions lingers long after it was once true. 🙄🙄
@@HTeo-og1lg To be fair the world back then was hostile. France, Germany, Spain, USA were all UK's enemy, which justified a massive Navy to protect a massive Empire. There's just no call for a massive Navy any more, there'd be nothing to do with it.
I wish if I was in the Royal Navy right now (not in the Royal Navy or army due to unfair medical grounds according to the health officers) rather than at university I could be deployed with HMS Queen Elizabeth. Although from what I’ve heard from other personnel in the Navy and apparently from some Royal Marines, a lot of them are wishing the same thing right now. HMS QE really is where it’s at right now.👏🏼 We need to stay strong together, and she is a huge part of that now.
@@prepperjonpnw6482 As of yet, their are no Carrier capable Typhoon variants. Several Proposals were made but none made it to production. And because of the ski jump the 2 British Carriers are limited to either the F-35 or the old Harriers.
@korzym NOT. Russia is ahead in anti-air defense, supersonic missiles and in case of war they can transfer jet fighter production to China (the factory of the world)...underestimating Russia is a mistake.
I NEVER thought of thanking the Russian TU95 Bears when they were overflying the USS Enterprise operating in the Indian Ocean. I did Thank God for the two F14 Tomcats flying on the wingtips of the Bear Bomber. I don’t know, maybe having your ass being on the line
@@dataman6744 The Russians are getting priceless training and intel on our response times and sensor capabilties. If they wanted to sink that carrier they could have flooded it with ASM's and sunk it in minutes.
@@JP-xn7si Yup - it's a joke. The Govt wanted to scrap the entire project in 2012 but were forced to continue by pentalty clauses.. the two QE's are rubbish.
It wouldn't have been economically viable with the current defence budget. In addition, crewing the extra ships and buying the requisite F-35's and Merlin's would be prohibitively expensive. We need to spend money elsewhere and expand the surface fleet.
Dont really need hypersonics tbh… just send 2 to 3 tu160 white swans to deliver some kh101 ALCMs n the carrier group has got themselves a BIG problem. Really. A single Swan can carry 12 of those long range cruise missiles. N they can launch them a good 1000-1500km away, so the bombers would be out of harms reach anyway. Now the carrier group has to contend with several dozen low flying subsonic cruise missiles, each missile carrying 500kg of boom. Maybe not enough to sink a full on carrier, but more than enough for a mission kill. Definitely more than enough to break a destroyer’s back into two, though. Ofcourse… like u said about the hypersonics, those swans can always deliver those kinzhals… eheh.
@@joebloggs8422 the iskander missile exists, and it doesnt really take much to retrofit them to become ALCMs. Hence, the kinzhal was made. U can send 50 of those missiles for like, $200million total cost, n u only need just 1 of those missiles to decomission a multibillion dollar carrier. U dont need to sink a carrier to neutralize it. Wreck its deck and itll be useless for a good few months atleast.
The second world war was not England on its own. The commonwealth contributed enormously as did other alliances. Reforming alliances promoting shared values and interest are surley in everybody's interest when facing adversary behavour by other countries. STONGER TOGETHER. The NAVY is at the forefront Globally.
Carriers have put the UK Navy back to the top of world navies and in the spotlight. Wish we had a carrier like that in Canada full of F-35's. Wish we could get those type 26 frigates faster. Throw in a dozen nuke subs as well. If only i was in charge.:)
@@theancientsancients1769 they should've just bought HMS Ocean when we put her up for sale, outbid the Brazilians and kept her (technically) still in the Queen's service, we'd have been a lot happier to see her go if that happened, and if the Japanese heli-carriers can handle F35's so could she have. Shoulda woulda coulda
@@GEA_RuthlessKillaz35we could if the liberals made up their minds to spend more on defense,they spent $ 30 Billion this yr &$ 100 Billion in 3 yrs on programs that just produced inflation,the economy running too hot in other words
25% of the UK population lives in poverty. People are queuing for hours in front of petro stations. Covid deaths are on the rise. But it’s certainly more important to send aircraft carriers half way across the world.
@@davidhouseman4328 The question remains…is it more important to meddle with countries on the other side of the earth while the country is engulfed in pressing domestic issues?
@UCZrVIfR9qfdc7J7Hqs7MWMw It's defending our allies and trade routes. But more generally if you're defending at your borders your people are getting hurt and your not doing a good job.
@@davidhouseman4328 Sending an aircraft carrier to China’s door steps is a world away from UK borders. Besides, against the backdrop of hypersonic missiles, it’s like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
one would hope they have a plan.. there are experts paid to consider these things.. and i doubt they'll make their solution public. If they aren't considering it, then yes.. but I doubt that.
@@Sandhill1988 I really don't worry about it; but thanks for the 007 laugh. A bullet cannot be stopped and the hypersonics travel 3 - 5 times faster than a bullet. Good luck with stopping that.
@@Sandhill1988 Also, of course, they put their army in harms way in Afghanistan and got trashed by the Taliban without modern weapons. What might happen with NK, China and Russia?!
@@mythos5809 actually a bullet can definitely be stopped, it's called body armour? As for these hypersonic missiles I remain to be convinced that they're as effective in real life as the Russians and Chinese claim they are
@@noodles169 I dont believe NATO pay. Each nation bring what they can afford.. unless there is a US deployment in a NATO allies territory... but the UK military is 59 billion/yr. NATO budget is controlled by each member spending 2% of GDP. Thats what's supposed to happen anyway.
@@joecater894 NATO pays for operational deployments - i.e this task force being out. Its up to members to spend GDP on equipment and staff, not fuel. Comes from a central 'pot' of money.
My uncle in WW1 , Canadian. was thought of just an appendage of Enland . At Vimy Ridge we showed the world, Canada was a country of its own. We took Vimy where everyone else had failed. My uncle Manny had his 16 birthday in the reaches at Vimy. Don't scoff many boys joined at 15.
And this is true, being told by my father in law who was in WWII and was wounded. Also the Germans were anxious when fighting Canadians because they never backed down.
@@joecater894 Nothing can stop a Russian hypersonic missile. It's Mach 6 speed causes a plasma reaction with the air on the end of the missile making it invisible to radar. Add to that it can be land or jet launched from 650 miles away the American fleet would only know about it just as they are on the sea bed. 👍Add to that the US navy is so woke they care more about what eye shadow and lipstick they should put on than be ready for an attack 😃
@@freakyflow Reminds me of Idi amin dada 🤣 or gadaffi ( I know I spelled it wrong) they would “award” themselves with medals for eating all their dinner 😂🤣.
We do have land-based long-range tanker aircraft you know and bases all over the world to launch them from, not everything actually needs to be ON the carrier to work with it
@@1IbramGaunt + Massive gap in the RN Carrier Force no tanker, I feel an V-22 Osprey maybe in order. Your comment is noted, but I never saw a RAF tanker refuel a SHAR near the Falkland's mucker, and as such the RN CAP was very limited in endurance.
@@henryvagincourt4502 that's because in the Falklands all our Handley-Page Victor tankers were relay-refueling Vulcans haha, just because you didn't see them didn't mean they weren't there
@@henryvagincourt4502 you're actually entirely right about tanker and AEW versions of V-22 Ospreys being perfect for the Queen Elizabeth class though, I actually couldn't agree more about that, tell the MOD not RUclips haha; in the meantime however we can make do with long-range land-based tanker aircraft flying from overseas bases like I said, that or either a Merlin helicopter or one of these new Taranis or Vixen drone designs, something like that that'll be able to operate off the carrier and do in-air refueling
Unfortunately the shocking slow buying rate of the F35b undermines the whole 2 Carrier concept we have two 3.5 billion carries and only 23 F35b for them. Bear in mind of the 23 aircraft some will be allocated to training new pilots and maintenance
If anything this is proof of the opposite. We were just going about our business and the Russians kept poking us with a stick just like when they send their nuclear payload capable bombers into UK airspace.
Are the refugees coming across the channel in fact military personnel of a hostile power during a time of war?? No 🤔, Then they are in fact the responsibility of the civilian authorities, Eg the police & immigration service.. 👍
@@Markus117d There is evidence of ISIS using the refugee route into Britain - not claiming refugee status in the handful of perfectly safe countries they've passed through - but aiming specifically for Britain and her generous benefit system. As for your "time of war" caveat, ISIS and similar Islamist's are very much at war with Britain, as it is dar al-harb. The British tax-payer deserves better: much better!
Don't let them fool you with the word intercept. Just means they checked out the Russian aircraft and unturned got checked out back. They didn't force or shoot or do anything but gave up their position.
It might be for training. I know the US often has a hulk fuselage to drag around on deck for various training exercises. Stuff like crew extraction and combat damage repair.
^^ Mediterranean reportedly , not Black sea. No problem though, as apparently it was all handled professionally and sufficiently to offset and counter the noted antagonist elements in question accordingly 🗯 ✌ miru
@@boomerrob9223 ahh yes cause the russians dont fly bombers right up to our air space weekly , the russians don't sail warships up the river forth in scotland , the russians dont sail their carrier through the english channel ( or rather tow it ) ..... BUT oh wait ... they do
Hope the US pumps out F35s faster for you guys, crazy how many nations want the F35, even the US has issues pumping them out in full orders. Hope to see you also get nuclear carriers before China. Would love to see US and UK nuclear carriers sailing with 5th and future 6th gen fighters. Keep up the great work UK.
@@picklewiickle.1583 We all know this but this 'Car Guy' trolls every Royal Navy thread with this nonsense. He has been corrected any number of times but just trolls on.
@@ThatCarGuy , what's the point in having nuclear powered carriers when all the other naval ships are conventionally powered and limited in range, before needing to be refuelled!?.
We're not going to be getting and don't need nuclear-powered carriers. And as great as the Royal Navy is, they aren't going to be getting any more carriers than the two we have. They've only just come into service as well, so aren't going to be replaced for at least 30, probably 40 years, if carrier doctrine is even relevant then.
This is nothing more than the Russians testing the capabilities of the carrier and it's sensors. You can guarantee those russians will have recorded every part of the response and every single signal and radar emission from the carrier giving them invaluable intel on weaknesses and capabilities.
From what I have read and heard UK is part of NATO and I all so understand that we the USA are to protect them and fight with and for them. To me RUS. Jets fired on UK. carrier so why can't we go after Rus. ?
It’s all a game….until the heat turns up. Every time Russia and China poke their nose into the navy’s business, surely they are providing the RN crews with valuable real-world training. No bullets or bombs fired but skills and readiness honed.
You are crazy. When a UK sailor aboard a Astute starts killing off the crew? You lose lives. Just like the HmS Kent lost lives. Please explain to their families how their loved ones corpses are 'readiness honed'? UK now has a zombie army?
The Black Sea is a "Russian pond", they can also use ground based anti-ship missiles in large numbers, any ship there that is not Russian is a sitting duck in a case of a real war.
@@erlend6338 You got to know, Hypersonic missiles have heat shields, which can withstand the amount of heat a laser would generate (Since they go out then go in the atmosphere) also, Lasers are used more on destroyers and frigates which means they won't be able to produce enough power to fully use it.
MrMoss786 Can a Russian carrier resist Spearfish torpedoes. That's a laugh, the Russian carrier will never be out of the Dockyard again, can they even build them anymore.
@@daneelolivaw602 these aircraft carriers don't even function correctly without anyone even attacking them. And everything is so damn expensive on it. I'm wondering whether drones will advance enough to nullify these monstrous money pits.
@@MrMoss786 How do you know they don't function correctly, what hasn't functioned correctly?, and what do you know that the rest of us don't?, it seems to me that on this, the first tour of the far east for QE, that it's gone pretty well, and been a great success.
@@daneelolivaw602 there's a documentary on RUclips about a recent aircraft carrier with the new electromagnetic launch sling,along with many changes. Even the toilet system was a nightmare and crazy expensive to keep going. The name escapes me now but it gave the impression it was overengineered and way over budget and schedule due to unforseen endless problems.
@@christophernewman5027 it's only going to get worse as Belarus is now openly involved in the migrant smuggling racket and profiting from it by issuing expensive visitors visa to thousands of migrants in order to punish the EU for imposing sanctions.
@@christophernewman5027 not much she can do if the French don't play ball. Pay them the money and they allow half the migrants to cross the channel, but cut off the funding as Priti has threatened to do and the French allow all the migrants to cross over!🤣
This ship would go to the bottom of the sea in no time. Russia has the best anti ship missiles in the world. On top of that it’s submarines from diesel electric to nuclear ones are equipped with nuclear tipped torpedoes. Trust me you don’t wanna go down that path with Russia. You will never see England again if you try.
@@waynemongo yes MEin Fuhrer. There was someone like you around 80 years ago. He thought the same only to get stuck ina quagmire for the next 4 years. He’s name was Adolf. Never underestimate how stubborn the Russians are and how much they love their country.
I would imagine that the Russians were there to gain electronic intel on the F-35B. They may even be testing out new radars and radar frequencies to see through the "stealth" coating and configuration. Who knows, maybe they've already solved it. Every F-35 launched was a new opportunity for them to study it.
@eLKy 15 Yes .. today ... for now and maybe for a decade until countermeasures are figured out. Sure, deploy them now but don't think that they are a 30 year solution. They are a 10 year solution that costs like a 30 year solution. American superiority? America is frighteningly behind in the game-changing hypersonic world that could send all those carriers to the bottom. Beware of hubris. (Is America even going to exist as one country by the end of this decade?)
@@abrahamdozer6273 never claimed I was, and nothing specific, guess I just automatically suspected Russian paid-troll the moment I read your comment, but apologies if I was mistaken
@eLKy 15 Thinking that you've got it all solved just because you are American is fatally flawed thinking. Nazi Germany considered themselves to be "uber alles" as well and they went down in flames. Never assume and never underestimate your adversaries. Some day, someone will kick America's ass because Americans assumed that being American was enough of a defense.
That sounds about right, the Russians and the Chinese will be falling about laughing watching you play. one bastion missile will melt your pride and joy.
What they don't tell you is that it does fly at Mach 8-9, however not at sea level and it has to slow down to supersonic speeds to use onboard censors or to communicate. In other words, it will not move true the defences at hypersonic speed and it will not hit at hypersonic speed. It's in practice just another supersonic missile. It does have one advantage over supersonic missiles. That is that it can get to the area the carrier is operating faster. Therefore it will have moved less since last getting spotted by a satellite. That will make the area the ship can have moved to much smaller, and therefore the lock from the missile on the target much more likely.
"The potential of britain's carriers is still growing" shows a picture of american jets with american destroyers in the background. GG on that autonomy, britain.
The F-35's are not an American jet, it's developed by a consortium of countries, the UK being the biggest besides the US. It's mainly, but not only build of parts made in the US.
Unless it gets loaded nearer to the western side of Odessa i wouldn't even attempt it . That would be the first thing that Russia would disallow , the ability to make money to buy weapons from selling grain . It's not like 20% of the country would be invisible to the Russians , just not how it works in a war i'm afraid . Plus , you won't be allowed to fly a Nato countries flag and approach Ukraine .
Stephen, It’s not being a threat to the Russians. It is showing you are able and willing to defend yourself. Russia, after all, made the first land grab since WWll with the annexation of Cremia!
@@davidfinnerty474 the vast majority of occupants of the Crimea support being part of Russia, well over 80%, Crimea has been a part of Russia far longer than any other contesting nation in the last 100 years or so. It's not like they're claiming a piece of land at the other end of the planet like the English did with the Falkland Islands and others. The UK's political obsession with Russia is laughable considering what they have turned a blind eye to in the last 30 or so years with the EEC, Muslim immigration and building of their own country within the UK (which is totally contrary to English values)and China's super aggressive industrial and financial economic influence along with the ongoing biggie of Covid 19.....yet Russia is somehow a big threat
I mean it's not really a threat, since most Russian ships are equipped with Offensive anti ship missiles. So they could sink it from kilometres away. Also, the Russian carrier, the Admiral Kusnezow, isn't even really a carrier, the russians declare it a battleship and it has been rotting away in docks for decades.
F-35s can carry the AGM-154 JSOW-ER that can sink Russian ships from 500 Km away. Sure, they can be intercepted, but how many missiles does the Russian ship carry? The JSOW is comparatively cheap, much cheaper than the missiles used to intercept them. And the US can afford a lot of them.
Allegedly there is a quicker turnaround, and a wider operational window (weather) with the ramp. I also seem to remember that they were talking about a mini CATOBAR for drones.
@Burned Almonds the carriers were built to be able to be quickly retro fitted with a catapult system. they didnt add catapults on in the first place was because steam catapults are too old and magnetic ones are too new and expensive for what they are
Proud to say I worked in the design, development and testing of the flight deck, wash lights and asgsi systems on these two aircraft carriers. 🇬🇧
Good work Ryan and thank you.
I would like to see these vessels converted to an angled flight deck with catapults installed.
Any thoughts?
Create the biggest futuristic Hover Craft for the Royal Navy in the world 😊
@@Whittletonblood nah, make the sucker Space worthy and sail the seas of Venus.
All it takes is 13 1/2 Jangur' Series III sub/hyper light propulsion constructs (methane breathing version.)
After those install the Atmospheric Retaining Windbreaker generator and DONE!
I'M PROUD TO SAY I HELPED DESIGN THE VERBAGE FOR THOSE ASSETS!
🤐
UK is weak, and Russia will be soon in London.
I am Ground pounder. But I have great memories of working side by side with our British Brethren it was an honor, and would gladly stand beside the men and women of The U.K. Through what ever may come.🇬🇧🇺🇸
@Rico Master 😂my friend Russia scares no one.
The government are ball Es our soldiers are strong but government have no minerals we need a g in power
The F-35B and the aircraft carriers with no catapult system are so wrong for the UK navy. These fighters will never carry armament as equal as those F-35C fighters and their range is inferior as well. On top of that, China is building aircraft carriers with electromagnetic catapults!
@@JohnKickboxing I agree CATOBAR should've been installed at the time the two flat-tops were built but they are getting EMALS now. RFQ's have been requested. Just hope they are of appropriate capacity for larger than just drone aeroplanes.
@@nigethesassenach3614 👌
The Brits have not forgotten wwii and u can count on them. committed, well trained and well equipped.
Well equipped 🤔 are you sure? Have you ever read Bravo 2 zero! It was a sh** show......
@Mark Cooke I was referring to Bravo 2 zero and there kit failing, the radios didn't even work, for one!
@@andrewbaxter6432 so that one instance paints the whole UK army as not 'well equipped'? the US struggled against Vietnam so clearly Vietnam has a superior army to the US...
@@andrewbaxter6432The US couldn’t beat a few blokes on a beach in Cuba, does that mean they’re not well equipped generally?
Stay strong Britain. We love you. From the usa 🇺🇸
Fight your own wars.
@@westernshipway3115 more douchebaggery ?
@@westernshipway3115 Try and be a bit more positive
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Well said Yank! Same back to the US! :)
This is a great report. Glad to see such strong allies working together again across the globe.
Hey man its good to see you here, big fan of your vids :)
Good to see you here Aaron. Thanks for the content of Sub Brief. Hugely informative for all of us interested in Naval and Military matters. Any chance of videos on Dreadnought, Vanguard and Astute boats? Also with the replacement of the Vanguard class with Dreadnought what about refitting Vanguards as SSGN's? Good idea or impractical? Are vertical silos for non-nuke missiles worth the expense?
Part of NATO Expansionism plan and muscle flexing. Not required nor necessary. NATO+ USA will regret it's decision in future
@@vijayva why?
Thanks to the Russian air force for providing training opportunities :)
For them it's training to as they test reaction times from the UK and they learn how we operate.
Umm.... That applies to Russians too
That’s goes for the two nations Lmao.
😂🇷🇺🤝🇬🇧
@@nathanwhittaker3979: if anything they learn far more. Regarding what radar frequencies can detect/ track/range what targets at what ranges and altitudes,
Response times, loadouts, cruise speeds, range at which the F35’s are detected.
For the naysayers on here who criticise the UK for buying the F-35B and question our capability... Don't underestimate the skill and resourcefulness of the British fighting force. As countries like Russia and China boast of military capability, then the Russians get exposed in Ukraine against organised, well trained and determined fighters. With some half decent weaponry our enemies would be unpleasantly surprised by how well we can operate.
Soo proud to see the Royal Navy returning to form.
"Back In The Game"
Ooooh we love to see it
@NAGA morees??
@NAGA morees you seriously are a sad case
@NAGA morees you’ve got it bad naga what happened to you? Inferiority complex or what
Putting the Great back in Britain!
As a Brit you make me So Proud!!🇬🇧❤
as a scot its pathetic when we have thousand of food banks and poverty! and this sad mini fleet is wasting tax payers money! would not last 5 minutes against russia! SAOR ALBA
@@franciscruickshank8794 What a sad, bitter little man you are. It's clear from your comments that you know nothing about the capabilities of this fleet or you wouldn't have said something so laughably ignorant. And, obviously, you need to be reminded that this ship was built in Scotland, providing thousands of skilled jobs and billions to the the local economy. But, like most nationalists, you have a habit of ignoring uncomfortable truths. Anyway, if you want to really see food banks and poverty in Scotland all you have to do is vote for independence. Good luck with that. BTW, I wouldn't waste your time trying to make up a reply. It will just be full of nationalistic fervour and I'll never read it anyway. Ha ha.
@@ivorbiggun710 he's Scottish what do you expect most of them are bitter
@@franciscruickshank8794 bitter and twisted Scot? Never, surely not....
@@jonreid7957 never heard of such a thing
Proud to say I was chief technical engineer of everything on this vessel.
I’m Italian. Sure we won at football against you but RULE BRITANNIA THE WAVES!!
Thank you Alex.
U spelt won wrong its cheated of you.
God I love Italy
@NAGA morees Hearts of oak are our ships,
Jolly tars are our men, we always are ready;
Steady, boys, steady!
We’ll fight and we’ll conquer again and again.
@NAGA morees chased? As in by the ones hiding and planting ied's all the while being to scared to get to close and within range of our bullets?
20 years is a long chase🤣
Think the words your looking for are hide like cowards and wait till they've gone.
Clown.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is one beautiful carrier.
People said the same about HMS Hood.
Looks dumb with two islands
Britain needs that 3rd carrier, and additional Type 45 destroyers, Type 26 Frigates, and Astute-class submarines with at least 1 amphibious assault ship.
Third carrier is a no go, given they stopped buying F-35's and have lots of American pilots and aircraft on their decks.
With Japan now offering to make F-35 carriers out of their old heli carriers now, the supply of F-35s will be spread even further.
ok, but dont complain if they raise taxes
With what money
@@spamuraigranatabru1149 they have not stopped buying F35's, they're still on order it's just a slow process getting them, although you're probably right about a third carrier not happening anytime soon unfortunately simply due to lack of money. Does look like there's gonna be a change of plans and both the carriers we DO have are gonna be capable of operating simultaneously though instead of only one at a time, since Prince Of Wales is getting her own seperate air-group
3 carriers don’t really work half the time there in for repairs 4 would be better but that’s costly we don’t have the money like the USA
Soft power and hard power go hand in hand. You can't have credible soft power without hard power to create a credible threat.
Speak softly but carry a big stick someone once said.
@@jogindersinghfoley3860 President Theodore Roosevelt.
Please remember this, Eric, when the populist filth rant about why we should even give foreign aid money to other counties, then link them to your comment.
@@Booyaka9000 who’s Eric ?
Russia can because it can just turn off the gas.
A BIG thank you to Russia for providing the Royal Navy with a superb training opportunity to assist them in sharpening their skills! The RN are more than capable of dealing with third rate military powers like Russia.
If the UK doesn't wise up, Russia is going to send that ship to Davy Jones locker.
@@igottheshaft Yeah they'll send in the Moskva and then Britain will learn what a real navy looks like!
@@OllyKilo The Moskva is a great example of why surface naval ships, like HMS Queen Elizabeth, are obsolete relics in the age of hypersonic missiles. HMS Queen Elizabeth travels at 25 knots, a Russian Khinzal missile travels at 8,000 knots. You are beating your chest over your former supremacy in a bygone era. The Queen Elizabeth is a pointless relic, only useable against a third world country. The real question is, how does your submarine fleet and missile technology compare to Russia? Who really is the third rate military power now? Not to worry Olly, I am sure all those doctors and engineers that you receive from the Middle East and Africa on dinghies will make the UK great again!
@@igottheshaft Ha ha ha, Russia are welcome to test us, if they can afford it.
@@OllyKilo Russia can afford to field the cost of 64 Submarines vs. 11 for the UK. Does the UK even have hypersonic missiles? On a PPP basis, Russia is the sixth largest economy in the world, just under Germany. The UK is the eighth. Only Russia has real wealth, oil, gas, metals, etc., while the UK has financial services. The Ruble has strengthened versus the pound since the start of the war. I love the UK, and I'd rather live there than Russia for now, but you also didn't rise up from a total communist collapse in 1990 either. And if the UK doesn't stop the replacement level migration, I'd probably rather be in Russia over the long term. Plus, way hotter girls. Cheers Olly.
Many defencive capability on the high seas but nothing to stop stoaway boats coming across the harbour.
Plenty of equipment to stop them, but they don’t want to.
Geez, that ain't nothing compared to the US Southern border. 1.7 million apprehensions in 2020 alone.
Even the condemned AI bows their knees to the name of Jesus.
You reap what you sow.
@@victoreous626 wow that’s mad, can’t help wondering how many get through.
UK and Russia having joint military exercise.
Ha yes indeed.
They are watching Russian's military activities like hawks because Russia is provoking all nations around the Baltic sea.
Sea Lord? Man, what a title :)
It has a long history. Ask Napoleon.
Harking to those long gone days when the British had a credible navy.
But now? Well, habits die hard or delusions lingers long after it was once true.
🙄🙄
@@HTeo-og1lg To be fair the world back then was hostile. France, Germany, Spain, USA were all UK's enemy, which justified a massive Navy to protect a massive Empire. There's just no call for a massive Navy any more, there'd be nothing to do with it.
He's reading a script😂
I'm well unimpressed with the current batch of RN officers that are plonked in front of cameras.
@fuckyoutubepolicy staff Hahahaaa ur IQ is 19 😂😂😂 👏👍
Did anyone else notice the Harrier fuselage on deck?
The US Marines still operate about 80 Harriers.
Did you notice that it was on the deck of the Prince of Wales and NOT the Queen Elizabeth?
I wish if I was in the Royal Navy right now (not in the Royal Navy or army due to unfair medical grounds according to the health officers) rather than at university I could be deployed with HMS Queen Elizabeth. Although from what I’ve heard from other personnel in the Navy and apparently from some Royal Marines, a lot of them are wishing the same thing right now. HMS QE really is where it’s at right now.👏🏼 We need to stay strong together, and she is a huge part of that now.
Think yourself lucky you don’t have to look for the golden rivet.
Given the rising demand for the F-35, I wonder if LockMart's production lines will hold out.
What about the Typhoons?
@@prepperjonpnw6482 As of yet, their are no Carrier capable Typhoon variants. Several Proposals were made but none made it to production.
And because of the ski jump the 2 British Carriers are limited to either the F-35 or the old Harriers.
@@madcat8099 for now that is- look up the proposals for the not-too-distant-future Vixen drones...
@korzym NOT. Russia is ahead in anti-air defense, supersonic missiles and in case of war they can transfer jet fighter production to China (the factory of the world)...underestimating Russia is a mistake.
F 35s are dogshit. Illuminated targets
I NEVER thought of thanking the Russian TU95 Bears when they were overflying the USS Enterprise operating in the Indian Ocean. I did Thank God for the two F14 Tomcats flying on the wingtips of the Bear Bomber. I don’t know, maybe having your ass being on the line
Good video, its a serious hard power asset but the soft power is also key.
2:25 what is Mr Bean doing aboard HMS QE?
Keep an eye out for a yellow/green mini parked where an F35 should be.
He was head of the negotiating.
The big symbol of the Prince of Wales feathers suggests that's not QNLZ.
Splendid training provided for free.
They should send us an invoice this is some high quality training them Russians are giving us, certainly better than our allies
@@dataman6744 The Russians are getting priceless training and intel on our response times and sensor capabilties. If they wanted to sink that carrier they could have flooded it with ASM's and sunk it in minutes.
@@krackerman3628 agreed
@@krackerman3628 That's if their not too busy fighting the constant fires on their carrier. It's basically a floating firepit at this point
@@JP-xn7si Yup - it's a joke. The Govt wanted to scrap the entire project in 2012 but were forced to continue by pentalty clauses.. the two QE's are rubbish.
I need one of those
Good luck affording it 😂
G
For fiahing?
The British should of built about 4 of these aircraft carriers not just 2 So you could have 2 on active duty one training and 1 Being refitted
I believe durthe 2nd world war the UK had about 12 carriers.
It wouldn't have been economically viable with the current defence budget. In addition, crewing the extra ships and buying the requisite F-35's and Merlin's would be prohibitively expensive. We need to spend money elsewhere and expand the surface fleet.
@@davidbrown2571 WRONG. The RN deployed *64* aircraft carriers during WW2. We operated 15 during the 1950's!
A couple of hyper sonic anti ship missiles from Sevastopol would ended this pointless exercise in a hurry
Yes, shame they don’t exist
Dont really need hypersonics tbh… just send 2 to 3 tu160 white swans to deliver some kh101 ALCMs n the carrier group has got themselves a BIG problem.
Really.
A single Swan can carry 12 of those long range cruise missiles. N they can launch them a good 1000-1500km away, so the bombers would be out of harms reach anyway. Now the carrier group has to contend with several dozen low flying subsonic cruise missiles, each missile carrying 500kg of boom. Maybe not enough to sink a full on carrier, but more than enough for a mission kill. Definitely more than enough to break a destroyer’s back into two, though.
Ofcourse… like u said about the hypersonics, those swans can always deliver those kinzhals… eheh.
@@joebloggs8422 the iskander missile exists, and it doesnt really take much to retrofit them to become ALCMs. Hence, the kinzhal was made.
U can send 50 of those missiles for like, $200million total cost, n u only need just 1 of those missiles to decomission a multibillion dollar carrier. U dont need to sink a carrier to neutralize it. Wreck its deck and itll be useless for a good few months atleast.
So...if they did 30 live intercepts
How many were DOA?
GLORY TO UKRAINE AND THE FREE WORLD
23 aircraft with a very slow buy rate undermines the whole strategy
Russians are great at giving the RN some of the best realistic training available ?
LOL
It is vice versa.
It’s opposite damn ass, UK had it’s best to offer the Russians a best targeting ship. Lmao 😂
Its the opposite
@@haeveen8255 Russia has projection power, they probably couldn't even take on Australia.
The second world war was not England on its own. The commonwealth contributed enormously as did other alliances.
Reforming alliances promoting shared values and interest are surley in everybody's interest when facing adversary behavour by other countries. STONGER TOGETHER.
The NAVY is at the forefront Globally.
That's right, Russia and China contributed enormously in the allied effort.
@@JoeBlac I mean something like 8/10 of German casualties were on the eastern front, yet Americans still think they played the largest part.
@@JoeBlac no they didn't!
That's fake news, and you know it.
England fought ALONE and lost more people, and beat the enemy whilst blindfolded. FACT
@@engleblerthumferlumpadinck6536 The entire British Empire was built on cups of tea. And if you think I'm going to war without one, you're mistaken.
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Carriers have put the UK Navy back to the top of world navies and in the spotlight. Wish we had a carrier like that in Canada full of F-35's. Wish we could get those type 26 frigates faster. Throw in a dozen nuke subs as well. If only i was in charge.:)
Canada won't be able to afford an Aircraft Carrier
Haha you certainly have more type 26 frigates than the UK order . So no reason not to build one carrier at least . Canada can afford it!
@@theancientsancients1769 they should've just bought HMS Ocean when we put her up for sale, outbid the Brazilians and kept her (technically) still in the Queen's service, we'd have been a lot happier to see her go if that happened, and if the Japanese heli-carriers can handle F35's so could she have. Shoulda woulda coulda
Lol!!
@@GEA_RuthlessKillaz35we could if the liberals made up their minds to spend more on defense,they spent $ 30 Billion this yr &$ 100 Billion in 3 yrs on programs that just produced inflation,the economy running too hot in other words
25% of the UK population lives in poverty. People are queuing for hours in front of petro stations. Covid deaths are on the rise. But it’s certainly more important to send aircraft carriers half way across the world.
That poverty is just a percentage of median income, it means there poorer than average not necessarily that they are poor.
@@davidhouseman4328 The question remains…is it more important to meddle with countries on the other side of the earth while the country is engulfed in pressing domestic issues?
@@gj8550 It's important to do both. And certainly for defence it should be continuous.
@UCZrVIfR9qfdc7J7Hqs7MWMw It's defending our allies and trade routes. But more generally if you're defending at your borders your people are getting hurt and your not doing a good job.
@@davidhouseman4328 Sending an aircraft carrier to China’s door steps is a world away from UK borders. Besides, against the backdrop of hypersonic missiles, it’s like bringing a knife to a gun fight.
So, what about those which weren't intercepted? And of course, the hypersonics won't even be seen before the ship is melted.
one would hope they have a plan.. there are experts paid to consider these things.. and i doubt they'll make their solution public. If they aren't considering it, then yes.. but I doubt that.
They already have a counter don't worry they wouldn't put these ships In Harm's Way without one.
@@Sandhill1988 I really don't worry about it; but thanks for the 007 laugh. A bullet cannot be stopped and the hypersonics travel 3 - 5 times faster than a bullet. Good luck with stopping that.
@@Sandhill1988 Also, of course, they put their army in harms way in Afghanistan and got trashed by the Taliban without modern weapons. What might happen with NK, China and Russia?!
@@mythos5809 actually a bullet can definitely be stopped, it's called body armour? As for these hypersonic missiles I remain to be convinced that they're as effective in real life as the Russians and Chinese claim they are
'They're 28s! No ones been this close before!!'
The waiting game, how long the British ships can stay in SCC and how much its cost the Brit per tour.
It's a NATO deployment, so NATO pick up a lot of the tab
@@noodles169 I dont believe NATO pay. Each nation bring what they can afford.. unless there is a US deployment in a NATO allies territory... but the UK military is 59 billion/yr. NATO budget is controlled by each member spending 2% of GDP. Thats what's supposed to happen anyway.
@@joecater894 NATO pays for operational deployments - i.e this task force being out.
Its up to members to spend GDP on equipment and staff, not fuel. Comes from a central 'pot' of money.
NATO = US Taxpayers foot the bill. You’re welcome.
Costs more money to keep it in port. It should at least be showing the flag at sea 🙋🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
My uncle in WW1 , Canadian. was thought of just an appendage of Enland . At Vimy Ridge we showed the world, Canada was a country of its own. We took Vimy where everyone else had failed. My uncle Manny had his 16 birthday in the reaches at Vimy. Don't scoff many boys joined at 15.
And this is true, being told by my father in law who was in WWII and was wounded. Also the Germans were anxious when fighting Canadians because they never backed down.
God bless our Canadian family.
Be glad the Russians didn't sink the little carrier 😆🤪
It’s located in Mediterranean Sea far from Crimea.
.. not that easy.. will be surrounded by defensive assets.
@@joecater894 Nothing can stop a Russian hypersonic missile. It's Mach 6 speed causes a plasma reaction with the air on the end of the missile making it invisible to radar. Add to that it can be land or jet launched from 650 miles away the American fleet would only know about it just as they are on the sea bed. 👍Add to that the US navy is so woke they care more about what eye shadow and lipstick they should put on than be ready for an attack 😃
OFFICERS ALWAYS WAFFLE LIKE POLITICIAN
I would like to thank Russia for providing training opportunities for the crew and pilots.
Very thoughtful.
Same! Russians make perfect target practice for nato. The only problem is most of the air force it’s from the 1980s.
So I imagine it gets boring.
Same for the Russians.
@@tomtdh4903 : If that's so, Go try bombing Russia then ?
That officer needs a few more fancy gold curtain doilies to adorn his chest if he's going to compete with a Mexican bandido
You mean the guy that commands all of the UK's fleet...The Sea lord..Or Pablo when he has on his sombrero...
@@freakyflow Sea Lord, sounds so soggy and imperially British, like stale fish n chips.
@@hilldoggydogg635 nothing soggy about good fish & chips if they're done right and eaten quick enough
@@hilldoggydogg635 Hey say what you like about sea lord. Leave the fish and chips alone matey.
@@freakyflow Reminds me of Idi amin dada 🤣 or gadaffi ( I know I spelled it wrong) they would “award” themselves with medals for eating all their dinner 😂🤣.
I'm so proud of our armed forces. 👍
How were they air refuelled? US F-18Fs?
We do have land-based long-range tanker aircraft you know and bases all over the world to launch them from, not everything actually needs to be ON the carrier to work with it
@@1IbramGaunt + Massive gap in the RN Carrier Force no tanker, I feel an V-22 Osprey maybe in order. Your comment is noted, but I never saw a RAF tanker refuel a SHAR near the Falkland's mucker, and as such the RN CAP was very limited in endurance.
@@henryvagincourt4502 what are you on about? RFA Tidespringe and RFA Victoria are part of the carrier group
@@henryvagincourt4502 that's because in the Falklands all our Handley-Page Victor tankers were relay-refueling Vulcans haha, just because you didn't see them didn't mean they weren't there
@@henryvagincourt4502 you're actually entirely right about tanker and AEW versions of V-22 Ospreys being perfect for the Queen Elizabeth class though, I actually couldn't agree more about that, tell the MOD not RUclips haha; in the meantime however we can make do with long-range land-based tanker aircraft flying from overseas bases like I said, that or either a Merlin helicopter or one of these new Taranis or Vixen drone designs, something like that that'll be able to operate off the carrier and do in-air refueling
Unfortunately the shocking slow buying rate of the F35b undermines the whole 2 Carrier concept we have two 3.5 billion carries and only 23 F35b for them. Bear in mind of the 23 aircraft some will be allocated to training new pilots and maintenance
They are in their way, and in the meantime, other NATO f35s will fill the gap. We already have enough jets to keep one carrier at sea full time
Why on Earth are we antagonising Russia?
because the yanks want to start a new cold war!and the stupid brit. gov. will do as ordered from wash./pentagon! SAOR ALBA
@@franciscruickshank8794 stroppy porridge nosher 🏴
Maybe they are a little too easily antagonised. We don't regularly invade their airspace like they do to the UK.
If anything this is proof of the opposite. We were just going about our business and the Russians kept poking us with a stick just like when they send their nuclear payload capable bombers into UK airspace.
By letting them poison people on UK soil, you mean?
Chap - anyone free to protect Britain's South Coast from invasion?
The US Navy and US Air Force will help. Just give us a ring mate.
@@riff2072 no thanks. We hear you're busy being invaded from your own south, ya nugget
stop reading what the media wants you to read. Its hardly an invasion. Al refugees are spread across ALL European nations not just us,
Are the refugees coming across the channel in fact military personnel of a hostile power during a time of war?? No 🤔, Then they are in fact the responsibility of the civilian authorities, Eg the police & immigration service.. 👍
@@Markus117d There is evidence of ISIS using the refugee route into Britain - not claiming refugee status in the handful of perfectly safe countries they've passed through - but aiming specifically for Britain and her generous benefit system.
As for your "time of war" caveat, ISIS and similar Islamist's are very much at war with Britain, as it is dar al-harb.
The British tax-payer deserves better: much better!
Don't let them fool you with the word intercept. Just means they checked out the Russian aircraft and unturned got checked out back. They didn't force or shoot or do anything but gave up their position.
Obviously
I think everybody knows what a peacetime intercept is.
Quick question: Is that the fuselage of a Harrier in the background at 2:15?
Looks like it. The air intake and cockpit without nose cone. How odd.
Nice spot! Do American marines still use the harrier?
@@poorfordtransitowner1627 Yes.
It might be for training. I know the US often has a hulk fuselage to drag around on deck for various training exercises. Stuff like crew extraction and combat damage repair.
Yes its off an old RAF Harrier on HMS Prince of Wales used for deck and emergency training.
Queen Elizabeth ship- pride of Britain
Ram Bhattacharjee- pride of leicester
Well it makes sense if your doing `sorties` toward the Black-Sea of course your going to see Russian planes taking an interest, 😊
^^ Mediterranean reportedly , not Black sea. No problem though, as apparently it was all handled professionally and sufficiently to offset and counter the noted antagonist elements in question accordingly 🗯 ✌ miru
@@donkoh5738 looks like the antagonists are..... British!
@@boomerrob9223 ahh yes cause the russians dont fly bombers right up to our air space weekly , the russians don't sail warships up the river forth in scotland , the russians dont sail their carrier through the english channel ( or rather tow it ) ..... BUT oh wait ... they do
You seem to talk sense but the narrative is wrong .full British pushback ..we want war
@@MrSatnavatron why is the narrative wrong ?
Time for a modern day battleship
Or just an old battleship with some missiles and C-WIS added like USS Missouri
@@1IbramGaunt trouble is you can mess around with these modern ships with jamming signals and so on. You can't jam the old fashion shells
The naval officer speaking in the Video looks like he stole his dads uniform.
"Because he was inverted" ✌🎩
As an American vet with English ancestry, I say, Britannia shall hold!
And the award for best camera operator goes to 4:31
Hope the US pumps out F35s faster for you guys, crazy how many nations want the F35, even the US has issues pumping them out in full orders. Hope to see you also get nuclear carriers before China. Would love to see US and UK nuclear carriers sailing with 5th and future 6th gen fighters. Keep up the great work UK.
no benefit having nuke, you still need fuel for the fighters. plus you cant go everywhere. some countries bann nuke ships to enter their waters.
@@picklewiickle.1583 We all know this but this 'Car Guy' trolls every Royal Navy thread with this nonsense. He has been corrected any number of times but just trolls on.
@@picklewiickle.1583 Nuclear carriers refuel the fleet and are allowed in 99 percent of nations.
@@ThatCarGuy , what's the point in having nuclear powered carriers when all the other naval ships are conventionally powered and limited in range, before needing to be refuelled!?.
We're not going to be getting and don't need nuclear-powered carriers.
And as great as the Royal Navy is, they aren't going to be getting any more carriers than the two we have. They've only just come into service as well, so aren't going to be replaced for at least 30, probably 40 years, if carrier doctrine is even relevant then.
Good to see the Queen is doing her job.
Lmao eating missing Children I’m sure
@UCIqUWPHgSKyzQAklmYd2TOw You don't have much between your ears, do you! 🇬🇧
Is it me or does the captain actually sound like Microsoft text to speech system?
He’s rehearsed his lines.
I'm much more concerned about the threat from our own untrustworthy politicians.
Leave Russia alone and they won't be a problem.
US says paw,rollover,follow me into nuclear exchange....good boy.
This is nothing more than the Russians testing the capabilities of the carrier and it's sensors. You can guarantee those russians will have recorded every part of the response and every single signal and radar emission from the carrier giving them invaluable intel on weaknesses and capabilities.
Of course and you can believe that the Brits did the same to the russian systems. What few actually still work that is..
@@CH-pv2rz And gained what? They already know the capabilities of Russian kit. They'd learn nothing.
From what I have read and heard UK is part of NATO and I all so understand that we the USA are to protect them and fight with and for them. To me RUS. Jets fired on UK. carrier so why can't we go after Rus. ?
They did not fire on them! Where did you see, read, hear that?
why do I find it so hard to follow what someones saying when its scripted
Thanks for Info
It’s all a game….until the heat turns up.
Every time Russia and China poke their nose into the navy’s business, surely they are providing the RN crews with valuable real-world training. No bullets or bombs fired but skills and readiness honed.
Poke their nose in? The intercepts in their neighbourhood are just as much training and intelligence gathering missions for the Russians and Chinese.
I think that’s opposite damn ass. Like really going to Black Sea, then says Russia threatening UK? This shows how damn western is.
@@haeveen8255 no sir this shows you don’t know the difference between dumb and damn so ….
You are crazy. When a UK sailor aboard a Astute starts killing off the crew? You lose lives. Just like the HmS Kent lost lives. Please explain to their families how their loved ones corpses are 'readiness honed'? UK now has a zombie army?
@@MrFlatage why provide a balanced and coherent response when you can blow something completely out of proportion. Good work.
Mr Putin: hand me that swatter
If only he could afford a swatter.
if it deployed in the black sea the next Russian jet may be a Mig 31 armed with a Kinzel hypersonic carrier killer
The Black Sea is a "Russian pond", they can also use ground based anti-ship missiles in large numbers, any ship there that is not Russian is a sitting duck in a case of a real war.
I don’t think they have any hypersonic missiles in Service at the moment, but they will become obsolete from lasers soon
@@erlend6338 You got to know, Hypersonic missiles have heat shields, which can withstand the amount of heat a laser would generate (Since they go out then go in the atmosphere) also, Lasers are used more on destroyers and frigates which means they won't be able to produce enough power to fully use it.
@@erlend6338 lasers cant shoot what they cant lock on to and Kinzel is in service
Kinzel system doesn’t work well.
Can it resist a Russian hypersonic missile?
The question should be "can a Russian hypersonic missile actually work long enough to get anywhere near it?"
MrMoss786
Can a Russian carrier resist Spearfish torpedoes. That's a laugh, the Russian carrier will never be out of the Dockyard again, can they even build them anymore.
@@daneelolivaw602 these aircraft carriers don't even function correctly without anyone even attacking them. And everything is so damn expensive on it. I'm wondering whether drones will advance enough to nullify these monstrous money pits.
@@MrMoss786
How do you know they don't function correctly, what hasn't functioned correctly?, and what do you know that the rest of us don't?, it seems to me that on this, the first tour of the far east for QE, that it's gone pretty well, and been a great success.
@@daneelolivaw602 there's a documentary on RUclips about a recent aircraft carrier with the new electromagnetic launch sling,along with many changes. Even the toilet system was a nightmare and crazy expensive to keep going. The name escapes me now but it gave the impression it was overengineered and way over budget and schedule due to unforseen endless problems.
Yes, it's a lovely piece of kit but isn't it rather a shame that our navy can't stop dinghies from crossing the English Channel?
Not only crossing the Channel but Blowing up Pop concerts and Stabbing politicians to death.
@@danielminor1693 Well, the other two examples would hardly be the Royal Navy's responsibility but l know what you mean.
@@christophernewman5027 it's only going to get worse as Belarus is now openly involved in the migrant smuggling racket and profiting from it by issuing expensive visitors visa to thousands of migrants in order to punish the EU for imposing sanctions.
@@eyeofthetiger6002 Oh, deep joy. 😕
And, in the meantime, Pritti Patel talks tough and does sweet Fanny Adams.
@@christophernewman5027 not much she can do if the French don't play ball. Pay them the money and they allow half the migrants to cross the channel, but cut off the funding as Priti has threatened to do and the French allow all the migrants to cross over!🤣
How long was the period the interceptions took place?
You know it's a training exercise for them too! Quit wasting aviation fuel and just paint them with your targeting radar, they'll get the point!!
lol they trying to hard to paint Russia as a “threat”
2:15 The harrier was shelved in favour of f35
Loving the carefully vetted PR vibe of this video...
The queen Elizabeth is more then enough for any Russian jet or plane
Modern F 35 jets and a working escort ring around the carrier
So proud of the Royal Navy still one of the very best in the world 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This ship would go to the bottom of the sea in no time.
Russia has the best anti ship missiles in the world.
On top of that it’s submarines from diesel electric to nuclear ones are equipped with nuclear tipped torpedoes.
Trust me you don’t wanna go down that path with Russia.
You will never see England again if you try.
What the hell are you on about!! The Russian Navy is just as bad as ours.
@@waynemongo yes MEin Fuhrer.
There was someone like you around 80 years ago.
He thought the same only to get stuck ina quagmire for the next 4 years. He’s name was Adolf.
Never underestimate how stubborn the Russians are and how much they love their country.
I would imagine that the Russians were there to gain electronic intel on the F-35B. They may even be testing out new radars and radar frequencies to see through the "stealth" coating and configuration. Who knows, maybe they've already solved it. Every F-35 launched was a new opportunity for them to study it.
Oh you "would imagine" that would you
@@1IbramGaunt Why? What's your take? You must be an expert.
@eLKy 15 Yes .. today ... for now and maybe for a decade until countermeasures are figured out. Sure, deploy them now but don't think that they are a 30 year solution. They are a 10 year solution that costs like a 30 year solution.
American superiority? America is frighteningly behind in the game-changing hypersonic world that could send all those carriers to the bottom. Beware of hubris. (Is America even going to exist as one country by the end of this decade?)
@@abrahamdozer6273 never claimed I was, and nothing specific, guess I just automatically suspected Russian paid-troll the moment I read your comment, but apologies if I was mistaken
@eLKy 15 Thinking that you've got it all solved just because you are American is fatally flawed thinking. Nazi Germany considered themselves to be "uber alles" as well and they went down in flames. Never assume and never underestimate your adversaries. Some day, someone will kick America's ass because Americans assumed that being American was enough of a defense.
Imagine being those russians and just hearing rule Britannia blarring and gradually becoming louder
They wouldn’t care because they could wipe that ship out easily
Probably laugh as much as we would.
That sounds about right, the Russians and the Chinese will be falling about laughing watching you play. one bastion missile will melt your pride and joy.
I believe the QE is the best looking Aircraft Carrier ever.
Salute!
you cant do nothing against a Zircon missile though
that yet to be seen, the Zircon missile is most likely overhyped!
What they don't tell you is that it does fly at Mach 8-9, however not at sea level and it has to slow down to supersonic speeds to use onboard censors or to communicate.
In other words, it will not move true the defences at hypersonic speed and it will not hit at hypersonic speed.
It's in practice just another supersonic missile.
It does have one advantage over supersonic missiles. That is that it can get to the area the carrier is operating faster. Therefore it will have moved less since last getting spotted by a satellite. That will make the area the ship can have moved to much smaller, and therefore the lock from the missile on the target much more likely.
"The potential of britain's carriers is still growing" shows a picture of american jets with american destroyers in the background. GG on that autonomy, britain.
Lol
I mean they are just getting back into things as a result of the stupid policy of appeasement with china
Where is a statement about autonomy in that quote?
What part of “Still” growing don’t you understand?
The F-35's are not an American jet, it's developed by a consortium of countries, the UK being the biggest besides the US. It's mainly, but not only build of parts made in the US.
Question: are we allowed to protect our own merchant-fleet if we want to pick up wheat from Ukraine in the Black Sea?
Unless it gets loaded nearer to the western side of Odessa i wouldn't even attempt it . That would be the first thing that Russia would disallow , the ability to make money to buy weapons from selling grain .
It's not like 20% of the country would be invisible to the Russians , just not how it works in a war i'm afraid .
Plus , you won't be allowed to fly a Nato countries flag and approach Ukraine .
I think it was very interesting and a eye opener
We always have our main advantage DIVERSITY !!! Because DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH !!!!
He’s Elizabeth is in the river Clyde just now at the naval base,it getting arms to to the Russia conflict.
It's always in for repairs
Why was a harrier body on the deck
Training
they're only ants to the bear, wake up.
This is how you Do a report Good job Guy's was interesting to watch our Boy's an Girl's in Action 😀
Great boat. We're building another one too.
Who is 'we'?
@@1chish who is you ?
@@timmo491 As expected. No answer just a dumb comment.
All Royal Navy surface vessels are referred to as ships, only submarines are called boats!
@@stevebarlow3154 haha not if you're English ivan go back to Moscow lol
Uk vs russia?
Good luck
I think Russia relies on luck to power her ships, what did happen to their carrier?
You have too ask, "Why would you want to be a threat to the Russians ?"
Stephen, It’s not being a threat to the Russians. It is showing you are able and willing to defend yourself. Russia, after all, made the first land grab since WWll with the annexation of Cremia!
@@davidfinnerty474 the vast majority of occupants of the Crimea support being part of Russia, well over 80%, Crimea has been a part of Russia far longer than any other contesting nation in the last 100 years or so. It's not like they're claiming a piece of land at the other end of the planet like the English did with the Falkland Islands and others.
The UK's political obsession with Russia is laughable considering what they have turned a blind eye to in the last 30 or so years with the EEC, Muslim immigration and building of their own country within the UK (which is totally contrary to English values)and China's super aggressive industrial and financial economic influence along with the ongoing biggie of Covid 19.....yet Russia is somehow a big threat
@@billybob1773 well this comment didn't age very well. Russia not a threat eh? lets hope Ukraine 🇺🇦 can defend itself
HMS Queen Elizabeth:
You are elegant and powerful.
miss you.
I mean it's not really a threat, since most Russian ships are equipped with Offensive anti ship missiles. So they could sink it from kilometres away. Also, the Russian carrier, the Admiral Kusnezow, isn't even really a carrier, the russians declare it a battleship and it has been rotting away in docks for decades.
F-35s can carry the AGM-154 JSOW-ER that can sink Russian ships from 500 Km away. Sure, they can be intercepted, but how many missiles does the Russian ship carry? The JSOW is comparatively cheap, much cheaper than the missiles used to intercept them. And the US can afford a lot of them.
OK, why is that harrier front end on the deck of POW for? 2:15
Training, probably for either familiarisation or pilot-rescue
need to get those magnetic catapults working so they can be fitted to the carriers instead of a ski jump
Allegedly there is a quicker turnaround, and a wider operational window (weather) with the ramp.
I also seem to remember that they were talking about a mini CATOBAR for drones.
@Burned Almonds the carriers were built to be able to be quickly retro fitted with a catapult system. they didnt add catapults on in the first place was because steam catapults are too old and magnetic ones are too new and expensive for what they are
@@kevinshort3943 still are talking about that and it won't be so "mini". Look up the Vixen drone system
@@1IbramGaunt
Ummmmm.............. it's only 5000kg (approx 20%) short of being able to launch an F35.
Why not go the whole way?
Meh, it works