The problems pile on
June 30th, 2009 | Foreign navies Royal Navy Ships | Posted by Phil Ewing
No need to keep dwelling on it, but the Royal Navy just cannot catch a break. Reports in the British press today say that the U.K.’s two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers will cost £1 billion more than planned, an additional expense that could force some unpleasant decisions on the Ministry of Defence.
British defence officials (as opposed to our “defense” officials here in the U.S.) may have to cut the Royal Navy’s new ballistic missile submarine program or even one of the two carriers, according to the Financial Times.
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Cap'n Bill Says:
June 30th, 2009 at 9:06 pmOne good reason to keep an eye on the affairs of the Brit Government is that they tend to pred date situations the US faces 20 or 30 years in the future. What is happening in London now is what may happen in Washington before too long. Years of relative peace with no one tossing bullets into your home patch leads to a malise that values social nicities more than national defense.