The British Government Drastically Slashes It's Defense Budget. Carrier Fleet Hit the Hardest

Scrapped: HMS Ark Royal will be hit by the cuts which will also hit the Navy's Harrier aircraft

HMS Ark Royal Scrapped, Trident Delayed (And No Planes To Fly On Our New Carriers For 10 Years) - Cameron Wields The Axe In Defence Review -- The Daily Mail

* Ark Royal and Harrier jump jets scrapped immediately
* UK to have no working aircraft carrier for a decade
* Army to lose 7,000 troops, RAF 5,000 and Navy 4,000
* Trident renewal delayed for five years, saving £750m
* Cameron insists: 'We'll still be front rank military power'
* Angry Harrier pilot challenges him about job losses

The Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and its fleet of Harrier jets is to be scrapped 'with immediate effect', leaving Britain without any fully operating aircraft carriers for a decade.

Under the Strategic Defence and Security Review to be outlined by David Cameron this afternoon, the iconic carrier and the aircraft that won the Falklands War will be retired.

The renewal of Trident will also be delayed by at least five years with a final decision on replacing the submarine-launched nuclear deterrent postponed until after 2015, saving £750million.
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