Aircraft carrier 'omnishambles' wastes £100 million

The National Audit Office said that the decision to delay spending on a new radar system named Crowsnest will mean that any new aircraft carrier will not be fully operational until 2022, two years later than promised.

The delay will extend the time that Britain lacks a fully capable aircraft carrier, a “capability gap” created by the Coalition’s controversial defence cuts, the NAO said.

The Royal Navy is currently without an aircraft carrier after the scrapping of HMS Ark Royal in 2010.

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