Britain's Lack Of An Aircraft Carrier Is Starting To Hurt The Libyan War Effort

Friendly fire: An Italian AV8 Harrier fighter jet lands on the Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi during during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Libya mission codenamed Unified Protector. News.com.au

Italy Shames The Royal Navy -- CDR Salamander

The Royal Navy speaks so it can sleep at night.

Adml Sir Mark Stanhope said the campaign would have been more effective without the Government's defence cuts.

The aircraft carrier and the Harrier jump-jets scrapped under last year's strategic defence review would have made the mission more effective, faster and cheaper, he said.

Sir Mark warned that the Navy would not be able to sustain its operations in Libya for another three months without making cuts elsewhere.

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My Comment: A must read, especially view of what happened in Tripoli and on the front line yesterday.

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