A second large aircraft carrier planned for the navy – the Prince of Wales – would make “little sense” unless enough money could be found to provide it with planes to fly from it and ships to protect it, a cross-party group of MPs warned on Tuesday.
The verdict, at a time of intense financial pressure on Britain’s armed forces, is contained in a Commons defence committee report, entitled Rethinking Defence to Meet New Threats.
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“It will be more of a waste of money not to use (a second carrier)” Elizabeth Quintana, senior research fellow for air power at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, said. She added that it could be used in coalition operations facing a range of threats.
Well, not if the aircraft flying off of the ship will get shot down vs. emerging and some existing threats. Guess they missed that class in boutique air power study courses that push industry talking points.
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