MPs Report: Indecision Leaving UK Aircraft Carriers Without Military Teeth

MPs Report: Indecision Leaving UK Aircraft Carriers Without Military Teeth
An F-35B lands onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, England on Sept. 26, 2018. LPhot Kyle Heller/Ministry of Defence via Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
|Updated:

Strategic indecision and penny-pinching have clipped the wings of the UK’s aircraft carriers, thus weakening the nation’s military clout, according to an MP committee report.

It notes a “disturbing lack of clarity” over how the Navy can afford to buy and support the Lightning II stealth jets that will give the carriers their teeth, as well as highlighting problems with a lack of supply ships and a troubled radar system.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
twitter
Related Topics