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Friday, March 05, 2010
Government 'misled public' on ship cuts
The navy's new destroyers were cut from 12 to six ships because of cost rather than just strategy, a new report has revealed.
A study by the Commons defence committee today accuses the MoD of creating the impression that they were cut because they were more effective ships than their predecessors.
The MPs said the destroyers were scaled back because of cost.
The report said: 'We are not convinced by the MoD's explanation that the reduction in the number of Type 45s from 12 to eight and then eight to six was due to a better understanding of the capabilities of the ship.
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