UK and France decides to share air carriers

Posted Date ::01-09-2010 00::09::40

Tags : British ,French government ,carriers,David Cameron,Nicolas Sarkozy,New York Times,proposal,construction,military requirements

British and French government plans to share the carriers, while the pressure on the British army to reduce costs, the Times reported on Tuesday. The prime minister, David Cameron, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is expected to announce the proposal at a summit in November, the New York Times, citing an unnamed source in the British navy. No immediate comment was available from British officials. But a joint press conference to be held on Friday. Earlier this month, a Defense Ministry source said Britain would cancel one or two of his companies new plans to reduce costs, if there were no plans to reverse the country's nuclear deterrent. The French proposal, it would be easier for Britain to exclude or disqualify a replacement of the two carriers under construction.

 

The newspaper said the proposal would result in one of three ships - one French and two British - would still be patrolling the seas. "Use some of the other carriers will require decisions at the strategic level, so that national targets on a given transaction would be the same," the military source was quoted as saying. The defense is to implement a complete overhaul of Britain's future military requirements and means to ensure the ability to cheaply.

 

 
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