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Originally Posted by StingrayOZ  So by your own numbers you can only have 100 sorties from your BPE carrier. With 20 aircraft thats going to end up being less than 5 missions. It cannot sustain 20 aircraft for long periods. US carriers can support 160+ sorties a day sustained! Look at their fuel bunkerage. |
It can put in the air 18 f35b´s in the air at the same time for a couple of hours at least, then you begin the rotation in the petrol station, landing, refuelling and sending, so maybe permanent 14 or 15 in the air all the time because they can land 3 or 4 easy at the same time and send them together again or 1 by 1.., now use the oilers, a couple of recent spanish navy oilers have for 3200 cubic meters of jp5 so 3200 (i suppose more) tonnes of jp5 or a bit more..... plus the 800 of the bpe: 4000 tonnes of jp5, enough for 1000 sorties medim range of f35b´s, you can do much with that. Other thing if you bring a superoiler in the fleet, for example like 70000 tonnes of jp5...do you think a usnavy supercarrier can carry 70000 tonnes of jp5? jp5 is not a problem!
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400 Amraams unsecured in the hanger? Are you nuts? You don't store weapons willy nilly around a ship. What happens when a small fire breaks out in the hanger? Your suggesting refuelling in the hanger too? insane!
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You have said that so you are the nuts! i havent said nothing of missiles in the hangar, 600 sq mts is the weapons warehouse.
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From what I've seen the BPE could handle 3-6 aircraft for a reasonable period. A2A or minor A2G. Thats ok, its not a carrier.
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Incorrect, that is your personal numbers, mine are 14-15 at the same time minimum, plus the peaks of the 18 complete pack. Rememer 200 lane meters of fligh deck, for 15 meters the long the jet, son they can easy land in any of the spots, medium spots, or the biggers for the chinooks, land 3 or 4 at the same time...i would say yes to sustain 14 or 15 at the same time in good sea state conditions.
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If you refitted temporary fuel bunkerage in moveable fuel tanks and had temporary workshops and weapon storage it would not be efficent but could act as a fill in carrier.
The BPE design could be turned into a carrier which is a much better idea. Double or tripple the fuel bunkerage, larger dedicated weapon stores, conversion of open space to aircraft maintence facilities
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