Britain and France 'to share naval power'
Squirrel, I wouldn't get your hopes up!
The plans could result in the building programme for at least one the UK's two new aircraft carriers being scaled back, with serious implications for the shipbuilding industry, as the projects are already underway, costing £5.2 billion.
This scaling back would mean one of the UK carriers operating at a much reduced capacity, effectively as a troop transport or helicopter carrier, rather than the originally envisioned role of a platform for modern jets.
Incompatible?
Don’t blame coalition for UK-France aircraft carrier plan
Others say there are big technical problems involved in such an arrangement, not the least of which is that French aircraft cannot fly on British carriers because their Rafale combat jets use catapults for take-off.
Well there's an easy solution to that isn't there!