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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Cameron 'has decided on F-35B'

[F-35B Lightning II]Prime Minister David Cameron has chosen to revert to ordering the F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant for the UK's future aircraft carriers after the move was recommended by military chiefs, it has been reported.

Cameron is said to have resisted the decision after naming the carrier variant F-35C as the government's preferred option in 2010's Strategic Defence and Security Review, but the estimated £1.8bn cost of converting the under-construction Queen Elizabeth class carriers to operate a catapult launch system was reportedly deemed unaffordable.

When the carriers were designed, the then-Labour government had specified that the F-35B would be used.

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