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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Delay to Navy destroyers ‘could damage UK’s defence abilities’

HMS DaringDelays in the launch of a new fleet of Clyde-built destroyers could have "deeply worrying implications" for the UK's ability to defend itself, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

HMS Daring, one of six new Royal Navy ships fitted out on the Clyde, will enter service two years late, £1.5bn over-budget, and without proper testing, the cross-party Commons Public Accounts Committee said.

Tory Edward Leigh, the committee's chairman, said it was "disgraceful" that the Type 45 destroyer's crucial anti-aircraft missile system had not been fully tested.

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