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Labour's other UK aircraft carrier Prince of Wales to go into service
by Irn Bru Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:05 pm
The Royal Navy's second new aircraft carrier, the Prince of Wales, is to be brought into service rather than sold off or mothballed, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.
The news came as members of the 28-nation Nato alliance pledged to reverse declining trends in defence budgets at a summit in Wales.
The Prince of Wales' future had been in question since the 2010 defence review.
Work on the carrier, which began in 2011, is due to be completed in 2017.
Final assembly of the carrier should start later this year in Rosyth, with launch due in 2017.
The Prince of Wales' sister ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was officially named in July. Both carriers will not be fully operational until 2023, the Ministry of Defence said.
The £6.2bn cost of building two new carriers, first conceived in 1998, has led to speculation that one of them may be held in reserve or even sold upon completion.
But speaking at a news conference in Wales, Mr Cameron said bringing the Prince of Wales into active service meant the UK "will always have one carrier available, 100% of the time".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29075307
Good job Labour had their eye on the future then?
The news came as members of the 28-nation Nato alliance pledged to reverse declining trends in defence budgets at a summit in Wales.
The Prince of Wales' future had been in question since the 2010 defence review.
Work on the carrier, which began in 2011, is due to be completed in 2017.
Final assembly of the carrier should start later this year in Rosyth, with launch due in 2017.
The Prince of Wales' sister ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was officially named in July. Both carriers will not be fully operational until 2023, the Ministry of Defence said.
The £6.2bn cost of building two new carriers, first conceived in 1998, has led to speculation that one of them may be held in reserve or even sold upon completion.
But speaking at a news conference in Wales, Mr Cameron said bringing the Prince of Wales into active service meant the UK "will always have one carrier available, 100% of the time".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29075307
Good job Labour had their eye on the future then?
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