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The carrier weighs 72,000 tons and is 932 feet long, making it the largest Royal Navy ship ever built
Daily Mail: Enemies will 'think twice' about war with Britain when biggest ever Royal Navy ship sets sails in 2020, says the captain of the 72,000-tonne vessel
* Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth weighs 72,000 tons and is 932 ft long, part of a £6.2billion international project
* Captain Simon Petitt says it will be the most 'potent' weapon against ISIS when it finally goes into service in 2020
* Next year it will take F-35B Lightening II stealth fighter to Gulf in trials, where they can mount attacks from carrier
Britain's enemies will 'think twice' before they start a war after watching the biggest ever Royal Navy ship coming over the horizon, its captain said yesterday.
Speaking aboard aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth - which is 72,000 tons and 932 feet long - Captain Simon Petitt said he was standing on the most 'potent' conventional weapon against Islamic State.
Next year it will deploy for sea trials before most likely heading to the Gulf, where it will take the most advanced stealth fighter jet in the world - the F-35B Lightening II jet - to the fight.
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WNU Editor: This is a puff-piece on Britain's newest aircraft carrier. What's my take .... against weaker enemies it will be formidable .... against Russia or China .... just a big target.
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