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Here's drone footage of the most powerful aircraft carrier ever built for the UK

Aug 26, 2024, 14:32 IST
British Royal NavyHMS Queen Elizabeth

Great Britain once had the most powerful Navy in the world, but since 2010, they haven't had a single aircraft carrier.

That changed earlier this week.

The HMS Queen Elizabeth - the largest and most powerful carrier the Royal Navy has ever built - set sail on Monday for the first time.

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With a price tag of about $3.8 billion, it's also Britain's most expensive ship ever built. Still, the juice might be worth the squeeze.

"I think there are very few capabilities, by any country, that are as symbolic as a carrier strike capability," commanding officer Captain Jerry Kyd told reporters on Monday. "These are visible symbols of power and power projection."

Manned by a crew of 1,000 sailors, the ship is 919-feet long, weighs 65,000 tons and can hold 40 jets.

Check out the aerial footage of the ship:

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