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		lazzurs 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK's first small nuclear power station to be built... Making the two new UK aircraft carriers dependent on natural gas has to be one of the worst military procurement decisions of the modern era.

7952 1 day ago [–]

Its fuelled with diesel, not natural gas. And all carriers need refuel at some point for their embarked aircraft.

crote 6 hours ago | [–]

Sounds like it is time to dust off those nuclear-powered airplane blueprints from the 60s!

7952 33 minutes ago | | [–]

The USN have a research project around using electricity to produce synthetic fuel from sea water.

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