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11/05/2010
The affordable future fleet
Alan Johnston Key Note Speech - INEC 2010
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04/05/2010
SUBMARINES' WILL HAVE EXPANDED ROLES 3rd MAY 2010
In a broad speech outlining his views on the future of American naval forces, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and expressed an overriding need for the country's sea-going forces to adapt to a constantly changing global security landscape.Gates signaled submarines will be asked to do more in coming years.
Gates wondered if "at the end of the day, we have to ask whether the nation can really afford a Navy that relies on $3 to 6 billion destroyers, $7 billion submarines, and $11 billion carriers."
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27/04/2010
Babcock's Devonport Facilities Prepare to Receive Astute Submarine
As Astute, the first of the new generation nuclear powered attack submarines (SSN) for the Royal Navy, undergoes its first set of sea trials, a milestone has been reached in developments by the UK’s largest naval support provider, Babcock, in preparation for the through-life support of the new submarine.
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27/04/2010
General Election 2010: defence unions issue warning over Tories and Lib Dems
Union leaders representing thousands of defence workers have warned that Tory and Liberal Democrat polices could lead to thousands of job losses at defence firms across Britain.
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23/04/2010
U.K. Parties Diverge On Aerospace And Defense source aviation week
As Britons prepare to go to the polls in two weeks, clashing policies on defense and aerospace are emerging among the three main political parties.
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23/04/2010
Defence spending matters in the home of the Royal Navy
GAZE down from Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower and the history of the Royal Navy lies before you. The three great masts of HMS Victory, Lord Nelson’s flagship at the battle of Trafalgar, jut out proudly. Just beside it rises the odd Lego-like forecastle of the navy’s newest ship, HMS Daring. The first of the service’s ultra-modern Type 45 air-defence ships, HMS Daring is twice as large as HMS Victory but sails with less than a quarter of its crew. Instead of engaging in close-quarters broadsides, HMS Daring will fight targets that are beyond sight, visible only as electronic blips.
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23/04/2010
Trident: Is there a cheap alternative?
Welcome to Reality Check. Today I'm asking whether there is a cheaper alternative to the UK's Trident nuclear system.
The Liberal Democrat suggestion that Britain could find a "cheaper and better" alternative to Trident is one of the issues dividing the three main parties.
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23/04/2010
General Election 2010: Industry waits as parties war over defence policy
Defence companies will take a hit whoever wins the general election.
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19/04/2010
tories will protect navy
LIAM FOX, the Shadow Defence Secretary, told military experts in Plymouth that a Conservative Government would protect defence spending in its first Budget, and restore the importance of the Royal Navy.
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15/04/2010
Getting the budget balance right
With a strategic defence review due to begin within weeks, Andrew Brookes, Director of The Air League, urges greater strategic coherence and budgetary discipline throughout the MoD
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