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Thursday, May 24, 2012

£500m jump jets may melt the decks of aircraft carriers: Latest MoD plan shambles

[Queen Victoria class]New Harrier-style jump jets set to fly from Navy aircraft carriers could melt their decks, US trials show.

Tests found the fumes which blast out of the £500million Joint Strike Fighters when they land damage the ships’ decks.

Now the UK will have to go cap in hand to the Americans, who are developing a new super-tough, heat resistant deck coating to deal with the problem.

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