ErnstBlofeld Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Politics UK:Programmes for the building of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy have been preserved following a last-ditch meeting of the national security council (NSC), according to reports. The two carriers, costing £5.2 billion, are apparently to go ahead despite the cuts drive at the Ministry of Defence which is overshadowing the strategic defence and security review (SDSR) currently being finalised. The Royal Navy will have little to cheer in the news however, as the decision arose largely because cancelling one of the projects may actually have cost the government more than pushing ahead. In an effort to compensate for the money spent on the project, one of the new carriers will remain in port, unused. Perhaps more worryingly, the Navy has been asked to make further savings elsewhere - which will mean drastic trimming of the rest of the surface fleet. Reports in the Daily Telegraph even claimed that the fleet may suffer reductions of up to 50%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnstBlofeld Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 One carrier will carry 40-50 of the new F-35s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnstBlofeld Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 The Queen Elizabeth class carrier class.The CVF carriers will be closer in size to a Nimitz class carrier than the Invincible class ships they replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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