Search This Blog

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Navy carriers running £1bn over budget

HMS Prince of WalesThere are fears today that Britain's new aircraft carriers faced a fight for survival as the project to build them runs £1bn over budget.

A leaked memo revealed that a decision to delay the in-service dates of supercarriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales had seen costs spiral.

The government insists the carriers, being partly built in Portsmouth's dockyard, will be delivered – and the first steel cutting is due to take place in Scotland a week today.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.