New Carriers Delayed

[Collin]

Delays in New Carriers Will Hit Navy


Wednesday, December 21, 2005

http://www.modoracle.com/news/Files/file9877.jpghttp://www.modoracle.com/images/shim.gifDelays in new carriers will hit navy, say MPs

The Royal Navy would not be able to carry out its role effectively if there are substantial delays in the delivery of its two new aircraft carriers, the Commons defence committee warns in a report today.

The committee says it is "extraordinary that there is now no target date at all" for the £12bn combined carrier and aircraft programme. It also says that if the first carrier is built by 2012 as originally planned there is a risk that the navy will not have any new aircraft to put on it because of delays in producing the American Joint Combat Aircraft for the UK ships.


This is an article from the MoD Oracle.

regards Collin

[Togo]

Anyone taking bets that they'll never be built?:hatchet:

[crashaz]

Hopefully they will be. Hard for me to imagine that the RN would have a navy on par with say India. Sheesh:isadizzy:

[Captain Tenneal]

Indian Navy


India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) started the construction of a 37,500 tonne, 252 metre-long aircraft carrier in April (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April) 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005). The new carrier will cost US$762 million and will operate MiG 29K 'Fulcrum' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29) and Sea Harrier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Harrier) aircraft along with Russian- and Indian-made helicopters. The ship will be powered by four turbine engines and when completed will have a range of 7,500 nautical miles, carrying 160 officers, 1400 sailors, and 30 aircraft. The carrier is to be constructed by a state-run shipyard in southern India. In 2004, India also bought Admiral Gorshkov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Gorshkov) from Russia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) for US$1.5 billion; it is expected to join the Indian Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy) in 2008 after a refit.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier#endnote_India)

[crashaz]

LOL! Let them build! We still own the IO. :costumes:

[Collin]

LOL! Let them build! We still own the IO. :costumes:

Didja leave the U off of IO.......?:costumes:

regards Collin

[crashaz]

Lets leave my personal finances out of this. :costumes: