Aircraft carriers may be axed, Trident safe - defence source
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(Reuters) - Britain may cancel one or both of its planned new aircraft carriers to cut costs but there are no plans to scale back the country's nuclear deterrent, a senior Ministry of Defence source said on Thursday.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the ageing fleet of 106 Tornado fighter planes would be retired by 2020, five years before they are due to leave service.