Monday 7 August 2017

£3bn aircraft carrier ‘sets Britain apart’ and makes UK ‘a player’


by PRESS ASSOCIATION August 7, 2017, 3:39 am

Britain’s new £3 billion aircraft carrier will allow the UK to take its place at the top table of the world’s military powers, a senior commander has said.

Commodore Andrew Betton said the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was “firmly the right thing” for the UK to invest in, given its role as a permanent member of the United Nations security council.

Other military leaders said the Queen Elizabeth and its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales would mark Britain as a player on the world map, and be able to match the capabilities of the larger fleet of US warships.

Members of Britain’s new carrier strike group are engaged with the US Navy and other international allies in Exercise Saxon Warrior, aboard American aircraft carrier the USS George HW Bush............Read rest of article: HERE

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