Not likely: British media claim that
the Royal Navy will not operate fast jets from its new carriers until 2019 due to spending cuts due to be announced today. (MoD image)
National Security Strategy Published (Source: British Government; issued Oct. 18, 2010)
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Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jetsOne of the Navy’s new £3 billion aircraft carriers will never carry aircraft and
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9 October 2010 Last updated at 11:08 GMT
Defence review: HMS Ark Royal to be scrappedDefence Secretary Liam Fox: "Our decision will be based on the correct balance over the next 30-40 years"
The Royal Navy's flagship, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, is to be scrapped early as part of the government's defence review.
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David Cameron defends defence cuts leading to decade of aircraft carriers with no jets
Prime minister says UK will still remain a front-rank military power
David Cameron and Liam Fox at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in London on 19 October 2010. David Cameron and Liam Fox at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in London today. Photograph: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty Images
David Cameron today pledged that Britain would remain a "front-rank" military power as he sought to reassure service personnel over cuts to the defence budget that mean the UK will be without a carrier capable of flying jets for around a decade.
The prime minister is set to announce that the Royal Navy's flagship HMS Ark Royal and her fleet of Harrier jets are to be scrapped immediately when he unveils the strategic defence and security review later today.
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