Why Build An Aircraft Carrier When it Will Have No Planes?

Workers walk in front of HMS Queen Elizabeth.(Reuters / Russell Cheyne)

The Guardian: Prince of Wales aircraft carrier ‘makes little sense’ without aircraft to fly from it

MPs warn in report of spiralling costs of aircraft and of support needed to protect carrier with ships and submarines

A second large aircraft carrier planned for the navy – the Prince of Wales – would make “little sense” unless enough money could be found to provide it with planes to fly from it and ships to protect it, a cross-party group of MPs warned on Tuesday.

The verdict, at a time of intense financial pressure on Britain’s armed forces, is contained in a Commons defence committee report, entitled Rethinking Defence to Meet New Threats.

Update: Aircraft-less carriers: No point in new Navy vessel if no jets supplied, MPs warn -- RT

WNU Editor: This is what I call "stupid".