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• 3 Dec 2010

  

  UK leaves aircraft carrier nations club

  In scrapping the HMS Ark Royal, the UK is giving up membership of a global club with just one remaining member – nations with top-of-the-range aircraft carriers, writes expert Dr Lee Willett.

• 31 Aug 2010

  

  MoD rejects ‘speculation’ on UK-France shared ships

  The Ministry of Defence dismisses as “speculation” a report Britain and France could share their naval aircraft carriers in a bid to maintain military strength in the face of planned cost-cuts.