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| Britain |
| (Royal) Navy surrenders one new aircraft carrier in budget battle |
| 2009-10-25 |
| The Royal Navy has agreed to sacrifice one of its two new aircraft carriers to save about £8.2 billion from the defence budget. The admirals, who have battled for a decade to secure the two new 65,000-ton carriers, have been forced to back down because of the soaring cost of the American-produced Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft due to fly off them. The move is a blow to the navy’s prestige and has come on the heels of Gordon Brown’s announcement last month that he was axing one of the navy’s four Trident nuclear deterrent submarines. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #2 ION WMF > VARIOUS > SEA ARSENAL: THE SOVIET NAVY'S "KIROV" CLASS BATTLECRUISER [ADS + ASW]. IIUC this + past Artics, CHINA should dev a KIROV-type in the wake of ARSENAL SHIPS = "MOTHER SHIPS" SPA WAR CONCEPTS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-25 21:48 |
| #1 WAFF > CVF "PRINCE OF WALES" will still be built but turned into a HELO = AMPHIB TROOP CARRIER, + NOT have any " permanent" JSF-based air wing. KEY TERM = "PERMANENT" JSF air [JSF-capable]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-25 21:44 |