Aircraft carrier

Invincible

Invincible carrier · HMS Invincible (R05)

Aircraft carrier. It engages aircraft out to 30 nm with the Sea Dart, and carries 22 air-defence missiles. It sees aircraft from 54 nm. It carries 7 aircraft.

Distance from the ship

DetectionSRHMS Invincible (R05)

54 nm

Sea DartMSLLaunch envelope

1.6–30 nm

Editor ringSUPMission Editor

40 nm

015304560 nm

Editor ring is the threat circle the Mission Editor draws. DCS sets it by hand, so it can fall short of the missiles or reach past them.

Sea Dart · Air defence

Rounds aboard: 22
Engages to: 30 nm
Min range: 1.6 nm
Max altitude: 60,000 ft
Reaction: 3 s
Reload at sea: No

Flight deck

Aircraft: 7
Helicopters: 6
TACAN: Yes
ICLS: No
Landing lights: No

Hull

Top speed: 28 kt
Length: 236 m
Beam: 37 m
Draft: 11 m
Displacement: 20,000 t
Radar cross-section: 700,000 m²
Hit points: 7200

DCS 2.9.30.28718 · datamine 2.9.30.28718_2026-10-07T161222 · DCS model values, not real-world performance

In DCS for 5 countries: Combined Joint Task Forces Blue, Combined Joint Task Forces Red, UK, USAF Aggressors, United Nations Peacekeepers.