How to evaluate the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the British Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier?

At present, the Royal Navy has built two "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carriers. The first "Queen Elizabeth" was commissioned on 20 17, and the second "Prince of Wales" has been launched for nearly two years, is being outfitted and will soon be commissioned!

Queen Elizabeth (left) and Prince of Wales (right)

As a treasure to restore Britain's past glory, the two "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carriers carry too many national dreams, but there is too much helplessness! The design scheme has been changed again and again, from the initial design of large aircraft carrier with F-35C carrier aircraft, using "catapult take-off and stop", to the final stop of catapults due to financial problems, and then to the F-35C fighter. Finally, the current "short takeoff and vertical landing" scheme is selected, and the F-35B with sliding takeoff and vertical takeoff and landing is used as the carrier aircraft (short leg)!

Ejection take-off blocking landing scheme

Of course, this does not mean that the performance of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is very backward. On the contrary, among the active aircraft carriers in the world, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is the third strongest aircraft carrier in the world after the "Nimitz" and "Ford" aircraft carriers, and the aircraft carrier has adopted many new technologies!

At the bottom is the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier.

According to the published information, the aircraft carrier "Queen Elizabeth" is 280 meters long and 73 meters wide, with a full displacement of 65,000 tons (it is also said that the standard row is 65,000 tons and the full load row is 70,000 tons). In short, this aircraft carrier has the largest displacement among all medium-sized aircraft carriers in the world! In addition, the flight deck area of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is about 1.6 million square meters, which is also larger than the "Liaoning ship"!

Due to the large deck area, F-35B which can land vertically is used as carrier aircraft, and a runway is used for take-off and landing, so the number of carrier aircraft of "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is relatively large. Published as a standard configuration of 40 aircraft, upgraded to 50 aircraft in wartime, but according to third-party calculations, the aircraft carrier can carry 70 carrier-based aircraft!

The CH-47 helicopter in the hangar

According to the theoretical data, the "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier can park 42 F-35B fighters on the deck of the aircraft carrier without affecting the take-off and landing, while our Liaoning ship can only park 16 J-15! Moreover, the size of the hangar of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is 163 m X29 m, with an area of about 4,700 square meters. In theory, 30 F-35B fighters can be parked, so the aircraft carrier can completely carry 70 carrier-based aircraft!