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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier: Will the UK get a pair?

Queen Elizabeth II class aircraft carrier"Madness."

That is how one former head of the Royal Navy described the situation currently facing the UK's huge aircraft carrier programme.

Lord West, a former First Sea Lord, has recently dismissed the Royal Navy's total number of escort ships a "national disgrace."

He was talking to ITV News as we visited Britain's newest aircraft carrier in Rosyth - just days before the Queen goes there to name the ship after herself.

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