The Commander-in-Chief of the British Navy, Admiral Mark Stanhope, warned on Monday that the Royal Navy will have to reassess its priorities if operations in Libya continue after the summer. The admiral also questioned the government's cuts to the military budget, saying elements of the Libya operation would cost less money and be more effective if Britain still had an operational aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carrier loď HMS Ark Royal; and Harrier collimators were decommissioned last December as part of an eight per cent cut to the army budget. Her sister loď HMS Invincible was scrapped earlier and sold for scrapping to Turkey. This leaves the last British aircraft carrier loď HMS Illustrious in service, but without aircraft she is now to serve only as a helicopter loď.
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The Chief of Staff of the British Armed Forces, General David Richards, responded to the words of the Royal Navy commander on Tuesday. He said Admiral Stanhope's words were misunderstood, he told the BBC. "He was answering a different question and it was misinterpreted. We can run this operation for as long as we want. I'm sure of that," General Richards said.
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The aircraft carrier loď HMS Ark Royal; and Harrier collimators were decommissioned last December as part of an eight per cent cut to the army budget. Her sister loď HMS Invincible was scrapped earlier and sold for scrapping to Turkey. This leaves the last British aircraft carrier loď HMS Illustrious in service, but without aircraft she is now to serve only as a helicopter loď.
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www.dailymail.co.uk
www.novinky.cz
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The Chief of Staff of the British Armed Forces, General David Richards, responded to the words of the Royal Navy commander on Tuesday. He said Admiral Stanhope's words were misunderstood, he told the BBC. "He was answering a different question and it was misinterpreted. We can run this operation for as long as we want. I'm sure of that," General Richards said.
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www.novinky.cz
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