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Watchdog slams UK plan on aircraft carriers, jets
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July 7, 2011, Thursday
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BRITAIN'S parliamentary public spending watchdog said today the government's decision to scrap an aircraft carrier and build two replacements might not be cost-effective and carried significant risks.
The highly critical report from the National Audit Office (NAO) said the final cost of replacing the carriers and fighter jets would exceed 10 billion pounds (US$16 billion) and would prove unaffordable unless there was a real-terms increase in defence funding from 2015 onwards.
The decision also meant Britain would not have an operational aircraft carrier until 2020, which experts have said could leave Britain exposed in a sudden crisis.
"(The) decision has introduced more technical, cost and schedule uncertainty," the NAO said.
"There are major risks reconstituting Carrier Strike capability after a decade without it," it said.
The highly critical report from the National Audit Office (NAO) said the final cost of replacing the carriers and fighter jets would exceed 10 billion pounds (US$16 billion) and would prove unaffordable unless there was a real-terms increase in defence funding from 2015 onwards.
The decision also meant Britain would not have an operational aircraft carrier until 2020, which experts have said could leave Britain exposed in a sudden crisis.
"(The) decision has introduced more technical, cost and schedule uncertainty," the NAO said.
"There are major risks reconstituting Carrier Strike capability after a decade without it," it said.
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