Maybe Mr Ward would like to comment on the cost of replacing old through deck cruisers with two modern aircraft carriers which has now escalated to £10.5 billion!
How much a day will it cost to run these vessels?
Oh at least half because one is in mothballs!
And how much does it cost to keep a ship in mothballs? Might I suggest about the same as keeping one at sea?
Maybe he would like to change his out of date ideology and offer some real advice as to where the UK defence money should be spent in the future.
Might I suggest that UK Plc cannot afford carriers without escorts and aircraft or indeed Trident replacement for unwanted submarines.
What we need is UK air defence and a very active border control agency allied with a tactical nuclear capability from UK based air assets.
So the question is, do we not need a Navy!
Now this thread should get interesting! I retire to the bunker with scotch in hand
