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Friday, August 20, 2010

UK may axe carriers, Trident safe

HMS Prince of WalesBritain may cancel one or both of its planned new aircraft carriers to cut costs but there are no plans to scale back the country's nuclear deterrent, a senior Ministry of Defence source said on Thursday.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters Britain's ageing fleet of 106 Tornado fighter planes would be retired by 2020, five years before they are due to leave service.

There were no plans to scale down a new fleet of Trident nuclear missile-carrying submarines, whose 20-billion-pound ($31.27 billion) cost has led to a dispute between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Treasury over who should pay.

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