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Originally Posted by HistoricalDavid
Does anyone know about the feasibility of operating the E-2 on the CVFs?
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Not possible without catapults.
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Originally Posted by JMH
Have you ever set foot on a real Aircraft Carrier? The British CVF's are proposed carriers, they DO NOT EXIST. So to claim to know whether or not these PROPOSED CVF's will have catapults is rather foolish. I have seen design plans for the CVF that include catapults and other design plans that do not include catapults. Why don't you tell the MOD what carriers to build with all your experience? All of this is pure speculation because these CVF's may NEVER be built. One thing that is more certain about these PROPOSED CVF's is that they will carry aircraft. The current AEW for the Royal Navy is based on a modified helicopter, so if the PROPOSED CVFs do not have catapults than Royal Navy could just continue using the AEW helicopters that it currently has.
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You are correct that CVF don't exist yet. The current CVF design that's ordered doesn't have catapults. However the provision to install them at a later date is built in. This is just to get funding from the socialist government for construction as a "light" carrier first, and then hopefully get funding to modify them into true carriers at a later date.
It's easier to get the hull into water first and then mod them rather than to fight the labour party for funding of true carriers right now.