The British Government Drastically Slashes It's Defense Budget. Carrier Fleet Hit the Hardest

Scrapped: HMS Ark Royal will be hit by the cuts which will also hit the Navy's Harrier aircraft

HMS Ark Royal Scrapped, Trident Delayed (And No Planes To Fly On Our New Carriers For 10 Years) - Cameron Wields The Axe In Defence Review -- The Daily Mail

* Ark Royal and Harrier jump jets scrapped immediately
* UK to have no working aircraft carrier for a decade
* Army to lose 7,000 troops, RAF 5,000 and Navy 4,000
* Trident renewal delayed for five years, saving £750m
* Cameron insists: 'We'll still be front rank military power'
* Angry Harrier pilot challenges him about job losses

The Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and its fleet of Harrier jets is to be scrapped 'with immediate effect', leaving Britain without any fully operating aircraft carriers for a decade.

Under the Strategic Defence and Security Review to be outlined by David Cameron this afternoon, the iconic carrier and the aircraft that won the Falklands War will be retired.

The renewal of Trident will also be delayed by at least five years with a final decision on replacing the submarine-launched nuclear deterrent postponed until after 2015, saving £750million.

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More News On UK Defense Cuts

UK To Scrap F-35Bs, Cut 16K Troops -- DoD Buzz
Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jets -- The Telegraph
Defence cuts: French and US jets to use British Navy aircraft carriers -- The Telegraph
Carriers 'will take US and French jets' -- Defense Budget
Defence review: HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped -- BBC
Navy aircraft carriers not operational for 26 years -- The Telegraph
Britain scraps flagship in defence review -- Syney Morning Herald
Defence review: Carriers saved, Trident put off -- Politics.co.uk
Defence cuts about 'correct balance', says Liam Fox -- BBC
Navy's £5bn aircraft carrier conundrum -- BBC
Defence cuts: David Cameron attacked by Royal Navy Harrier pilot -- The Telegraph
The coalition's carrier trouble -- Peter Hoskin, Spectator
Aircraft carrier strategy 'incoherent' -- The Independent