New Navy aircraft carrier will never carry jets

[EternalOptimist]

version 2 of the new RN all weather stunt kite

each carrier will have a complement of 60
with a spare bit of string and some scotch tape

[SupremeSpod]

Not that I am against this, but I just wondered why you are so chuffed with this news spod. Do you have shares in Tornado or summink?

Can't tell you. Move along, nothing to see here.

[gingerjedi]

Not that I am against this, but I just wondered why you are so chuffed with this news spod. Do you have shares in Tornado or summink?

He has shares in Dolmio.

[shaunbhoy]

Ark Royal to be scrapped ASAP to help pay for new carriers.

Tornado life to be extended

Not that I am against this, but I just wondered why you are so chuffed with this news spod. Do you have shares in Tornado or summink?

[SupremeSpod]

Ark Royal to be scrapped ASAP to help pay for new carriers.

Tornado life to be extended

[AtW]

Sigh, don't you ever give up?

I'm not the giving up type...

[CheeseSlice]

My thoughts are that this is just the tories playing politics in proximity to the spending review. They know that defence is too important in the world today to be compromised, but to prioritise defence in public right now would anger the electorate. Wait until the cuts are under-way and the economy showing signs of recovery, and then expect to see new cash for harriers found under the sofa cushions at No10

[OwlHoot]

OH FFS - those proper carriers are like what, £3 bln each? That's like cost of two aircraft carriers paid in bonuses every year in the City - I say bite the bullet and tax 100% of bonuses (retrospectively so that they are not avoidable) to build those carriers, to make up for it call them using two bank names that paid the most tax.

AtW in "sensible solutions to complex problems" mode.

Sigh, don't you ever give up?

[NickFitz]

HMS Coalition:

[AtW]

The Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review will also confirm that Britain will not have an effective “carrier strike” capability – a working aircraft carrier equipped with fighter jets – until 2020.

David Cameron had wanted to scrap one of the two carriers, the largest and most expensive vessels in British naval history, but the review found that contracts signed by the previous government meant that doing so would end up costing the taxpayer more than going ahead with both. As a result, the two carriers will enter service, but one will be mothballed as soon as possible.

More: Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jets - Telegraph

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OH FFS - those proper carriers are like what, £3 bln each? That's like cost of two aircraft carriers paid in bonuses every year in the City - I say bite the bullet and tax 100% of bonuses (retrospectively so that they are not avoidable) to build those carriers, to make up for it call them using two bank names that paid the most tax.

AtW in "sensible solutions to complex problems" mode.