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by arethuza 5161 days ago
The F-35 is causing the UK all manner of problems as well:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17437272

Unfortunately, we're already commited over $10 billion to building new carriers for them.
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46Bit 5161 days ago
One new carrier and one floating Scottish island, you mean.
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arethuza 5161 days ago
Just looked at the Wikipedia page for the new carriers, it seems we are going to operate one and keep the other in "extended readiness":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_class_aircraft_...

I presume "extended readiness" is civil service jargon for "scrapped as soon as it is built".

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46Bit 5161 days ago
More or less, yes. The thing is only being built because Labour managed to make it barely any cheaper to cancel the contracts than to actually build a second, unused & unusable one.
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