U.S. Navy intervenes to assure British on cost of converting HMS Prince of Wales

The United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Sean J. Stackley , wrote to the British Navy to assure them that the cost of converting the second aircraft carrier with catapults and arrestor wires will cost less than the £2 billion quoted by officials.

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SAS planned raid on Argentine air base

During the Falklands war, the SAS planned Operation Mikado to destroy Argentinean Super Etendard fighters at Rio Grande airbase. Thirty years later, those who were involved in the planning of the raid are starting to speak about the aborted mission.

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