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Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF)

Following a requirement stated in the Strategic Defence Review for a new larger class of aircraft carrier, as a replacement for the three existing Invincible class ships, the CVF was conceived.

In January 2003, the Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the Royal Navy's new generation of aircraft carriers will be designed and built by an alliance between the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems/Thales UK. KBR have subsequently joined this alliance in the role of Project Integrator

The two vessels, will be the largest and most powerful surface warships ever built in the UK. The reduction in hull numbers is to be achieved through modern build and support techniques, which will dispense with the need for long refit periods and will allow required availability to be achieved from only 2 hulls.

CVF will be a Joint Defence Asset, and will focus specifically on Joint Force 2000 enabling operations from forces of all 3 services to contribute to sea, land and air battles. Lessons learnt from the successful build and early operating experience of HMS Ocean will be incorporated in the CVF programme.

The ship build strategy will examine the potential for involvement of UK shipyards and will be determined on a value for money basis, in conjunction to consideration of the capability, capacity and resources of UK industry to meet the full range of planned naval programmes. It is anticipated that CVF will create or sustain around 10,000 jobs in the United Kingdom.

'CVF will be the principal platform for the RN/RAF Future Joint Combat Aircraft (FJCA) which will replace RN and RAF Harriers; the FJCA role will be filled by the STOVL (short take off vertical landing) variant of the Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The CVF Carrier Air Group (CAG) will also include the Maritime Airborne Surveillance & Control system to provide sensor coverage against air and surface threats, together with command and control for other air operations. CVF will be capable of supporting the operation of helicopters in a wide variety of roles that could include anti-submarine warfare, attack and support.

In order to maximise the flexibility that CVF can offer over its potential 50 year service life, the carriers will be built to an innovative adaptable design. Although CV-based, the ships will initially be fitted with a ramp for STOVL operations. Post JSF, the design will be capable of modification to operate aircraft requiring a catapult launch and arrested recovery.

Although the final dimensions of CVF have yet to be confirmed, initial indications suggest that the carriers could be the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy. The base port will be Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Who was the French guy in Hogan's Heroes? He did have a pretty mouth...

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ORIGINAL: watchtower

ohh........ Tankerace like the new get up

You in Kilburn soon?

I got a few (ex) IRA mates like to meet you. X

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ORIGINAL: Tankerace

Thanks, I got the idea from Teminus' the Master and the Student.

Kilburn? Afraid that's the other side of the world for me.

Ex IRA guys? What did I do? [:D]

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ORIGINAL: watchtower

ohh........ Tankerace like the new get up

You in Kilburn soon?

I got a few (ex) IRA mates like to meet you. X

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ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

That would be a very boring war.......the EU vs the US. I gues the US could mobilize a few national Guard units to defeat France. But I can not think of any reason to keep France after we conquer it.

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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Lol yeah they could title that game "The Three Day War" haha

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ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

That would be a very boring war.......the EU vs the US. I gues the US could mobilize a few national Guard units to defeat France. But I can not think of any reason to keep France after we conquer it.

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ORIGINAL: vertical

And as I understand Matrix will only be working with H3, so is Harpoon Classic going to be worked on any further? I'm just starting to play the Harpoon demos, and it seems to me like H3 is more of a simulation where you command a TF or three and Harpoon Classic is more of a theater level war game. Am I correct?

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ORIGINAL: Zakhal

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ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

That would be a very boring war.......the EU vs the US. I gues the US could mobilize a few national Guard units to defeat France. But I can not think of any reason to keep France after we conquer it.

US would have to defeat 300,000 finns with leopard 2s, mobile artillery, elite paratroops, modern AA systems and fifty F18s. Only after that they could move on to other countries. Poland for instance has several armor and mech divisions with very modern equipment.

Allthough I dont think it would be fair that US could disable our F18s by shutting down their navigation systems (iirc).

Best tactic to defeat the finns might be a quick conquest of estonia. Their army is small and not all that modern. Once estonia is lost finns liqueur supply would run dry and theyd be forced to surrender.

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ORIGINAL: vertical

Thanks, they really should make you a spokesman Herman; your AARs got me interested and here you are in a different forum answering my questions [:)]. I think I'm leaning towards H3, seems to be more of a simulator as someone else commented.

I wasn't aware that Matrix was going to publishing both H3 and Harpoon Classic versions. For those that purchase Harpoon from AGSI will they be able to update their games to the ANW version? I want to get it soon, but if Matrix is coming out with a new version that has to be bought seperately I'll just wait.

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Others have thought the same. Take a look here.

My hunch is that you are not going to lose out by buying H3 and then buying the upgrade to ANW. It sounds like you are going to shell out the exact same amount as if you waited to buy only ANW.

Now, the difference is going to be the time that you are NOT playing while waiting for ANW! That could be weeks or months. Also, there are hundreds of H3 scenarios currently available to keep you entertained. They will likely be transformed / translated into ANW scenarios by their authors. However, this may or may not be an overnight process as designers might first want to test how their scenario plays with the new ANW features / bug corrections.

So, my advice is, if you are already set on purchasing the game, go ahead and do it. You're only denying yourself the enjoyment and it is very unlikely to cost you more to purchase the upgrade after. If the upgrade does cost you a bit more, I'd bet heavily that it wouldn't be more than the cost of lunch ($5). It's really peanuts for the amount of enjoyment you can have between now and then.