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Britain to sign deal for biggest ever UK aircraft carriers
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by Dave Keating | July 3, 2008 at 12:19 am
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The UNited Kingdom is set to develop some gigantic aircraft carriers, the largest ever seen from the UK.
The Ministry of Defence is poised to sign contracts worth around £3 billion for two 65,000-ton ships.
The Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales will be built at Govan in Glasgow and Rosyth in Fife, as well as Portsmouth and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.
Measuring more than 300 yards in length, the ships will have a flight deck the size of three football pitches and space for 40 aeroplanes.
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at 01:22 on July 3rd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:31 on July 3rd, 2008
Ah I did mean specifically in the UK, I thought that was implied. Will edit to be more specific!
at 11:03 on July 3rd, 2008
Just what we need, - the limeys following the U.S. in a world power struggle.
Iraq wasn't enough?
I told my g/f, one more english TV show in my house and you are out.
The nerve.