Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Meet Britain’s New Capital Ship

HMS Defender was launched at the BVT yard in Glasgow on Oct. 21.

From New Wars:

I will insist the recent news of the Royal Navy scrapping plans for a second attack carrier, and canceling much of their Joint Strike Fighter order isn’t all bad, but a sign of the sea change in warfare since the Cold War. While many hopes and jobs are on the line of whether these giant carriers will even be built, this in no way reduces the power and capability of the Navy as seen by simultaneous good news of the launching of a powerful new capability for the fleet.

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