Adding catapults and arresting gear to Britain’s second new aircraft carrier will incur an extra £800 million, Babcock says.
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Royal Navy could be reduced to the smallest size since Henry VIII
The Telegraph reported that Royal Navy admirals have decided to reduce the size of their fleet in order to save both planned aircraft carriers.
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Suggestion to turn HMS Prince of Wales into “floating platform”
The British Ministry of Defense and the Royal Navy is expected to tell Prime Minister David Cameron that it will be cheaper to turn the planned HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier into a “floating platform” without any planes, rather than scrap the project altogether.
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Reuters: Britain to order less F-35s, keep 1 carrier
Reuters report that Britain will order less JSFs and keep at least one of two new aircraft carriers.
Britain offered one new aircraft carrier to India
India’s defense journalist Ajai Shukla found out that cash-strapped Britain has offered one of its HMS Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier to New Delhi.