Monday, July 07, 2014

Britain Considering Costs, Trade-offs of Second Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier


The United Kingdom will be considering capability, cost, and trade-off issues when assessing whether to bring both of its new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers into service, the UK's Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, told reporters at the naming ceremony for lead ship Queen Elizabeth in Rosyth, Scotland, on 4 July.

The defence secretary said that Queen Elizabeth is a "flagship for the whole of defence" and will push the UK right back to the forefront of global power projection, bringing the UK's worldwide naval presence into "a new era".

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