Nothing special about these new aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers are always escorted by a flotilla to protect them, it was always so. BTW it is the same thing with refuelling ships (oilers) they are always protected and kept out of harms way
By plunging into international waters, the crash triggered a scramble to find the next-generation jet from the sea bed before it could be reached by Russia. It’s thought to be the first time an F35-B has crashed in such an area.
The technology aboard the US-designed aircraft, including top secret radar and sensors, is hugely sensitive as it allows the F-35 to fly ‘unseen’ in hostile territory at supersonic speeds. However, it is likely that China already knows all there is to know about the jet due to spying.
The aircraft was located on Wednesday afternoon and the site on the sea bed will be manned by an Anglo-US dive security team until the jet is lifted to the surface.
The operation, shrouded in secrecy, is understood to involve divers, miniature submarines and inflatable bags which may be used to lift the plane to the surface of the Mediterranean.
Fascinating … I hope that it’s successful and that we get to see a documentary on the recovery.
