The British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth suffered another malfunction and withdrew from NATO military exercises!
British aircraft carriers"The White Queen"Withdrew from a joint military exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Due to major machine problems, the British Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier was forced to withdraw from one of the largest NATO military exercises. The joint exercise, which brought together 90,000 military personnel from 31 North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, was called "Staunch Defenders 2024" and was unprecedented for nearly four months. However, before leaving port, the Empress Elizabeth had a major problem with the thruster shaft joint on the starboard side, which prevented it from sailing and became stranded on the dock. The accident has put the British Navy in a difficult situation in recent times, and two previous collisions in the Red Sea in the Middle East have also caused ongoing tension for the British Navy.
The damaged Empress Elizabeth was able to drive normally, but for safety, she had to pause and make repairs. The British Navy is planning to temporarily use the "Prince of Wales" during a military training. However, here's the problem"Prince of Wales"There was also a case"Large broken shaft"event, which made its maintenance work last several months. From this it can be seen that the current situation with the new generation of aircraft carriers in the UK is not very good, and there are still a lot of problems.
The British Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, built in the new era, consists of two aircraft carriers with a total of 65,000 tons, and China"Liaoning"number as big. The ship is equipped with the most cutting-edge high-power turbine engines, a platform-type platform, which can take off 30 F-35B stealth aircraft vertically. However, because Britain did not have enough aircraft carriers, the F-35B, Queen Elizabeth, which was part of a British ** team, was handed over to the United States. The situation with the aircraft carrier "Prince of Wales" is also not optimistic.
In fact, since the Queen Elizabeth was commissioned in 2017, it has had frequent problems and unexpected incidents, resulting in longer maintenance times for it to reach its mission. For example, the Empress Elizabeth, less than two weeks after it was put into service, was driving in the ocean when a problem with the seal of the propeller drive shaft caused water to rush into the hull. In July 2019, the aircraft carrier was forced to complete its mission early due to a crack in its hull during a five-week ocean voyage. The accident nearly drowned three sailors. After the Prince of Wales was put into service in December last year, it also exposed many problems, such as water leaks, damage to the electrical system in the engine room, and so on. The ship has only a 90-day voyage.
With the limited budget of the British government, there is also a huge shortage of spare parts for the repair of the aircraft carrier. Therefore, the two aircraft carriers must replace parts with each other, and the disassembled parts of one aircraft carrier are used to repair the other carrier. This left the British Royal Navy to blame for its defeat.
What is particularly embarrassing is that in 2021, an F-35B stealth transport aircraft landed smoothly on the "Queen Elizabeth", and the pilot also successfully jumped off the plane. Today, Britain is the third of four fifth-generation fighter crashes in the world. While the accident was dramatic, it also showed Britain's weakness. Britain, once the strongest navy in the world and a country where "the sun never sets", has become so weak. Despite the belief that China could punch it out of the sea with a stick, the British navy was so fragile that it lost all its dignity.
The British Navy aircraft carriers had frequent problems and were in a very bad state.
Known as the United Kingdom"Queen's ship"Although the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier is known as the pride of the British Navy, since it was commissioned in 2017, this Queen-class aircraft carrier has been having problems, and there have been many problems. Almost every voyage encounters a wide variety of breakdowns, which results in maintenance work taking much longer than it takes to complete the job. Problems such as water leakage in the hull and failure of the transmission shaft seal have become important factors restricting the safe operation of aircraft carriers. The same goes for the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales, as its drive shaft is badly damaged, so it takes a long time to repair. The Royal Navy of Great Britain was blamed for its poor state, lack of spare parts, and difficult to maintain aircraft carriers.
For Britain, this series of events showed that its losses in sea power were considerable. As a maritime power, it has been called "the sun does not set" for 200 years, and now, the United States is in a difficult situation. Some netizens said that China could knock Britain out of the sea with a small stick, which is also a weakness of Britain. Because the British military budget was insufficient, there was a huge shortage of spare parts, and in order to keep the other aircraft carrier running, they had to remove some parts from the two aircraft carriers. This situation caused the British Royal Navy to be blamed and seen as a sign of defeat.
In general, the British aircraft carriers are in a worrying state, with frequent problems and accidents. This not only caused Britain to lose face in the world, but also greatly reduced Britain's maritime strength. In the current world political environment, maritime power plays a role that cannot be ignored, and in order to ensure the position and rights and interests of the United Kingdom on the world stage, it is necessary to strengthen the management and protection of its maritime power.