| ID | 122180 |
| Title Proper | United Kingdom's future carriers |
| Other Title Information | what are they good for? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Parry, Christopher |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | As a result of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review and emerging geopolitical considerations, the UK's armed forces will look a lot like those envisaged by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review - with a return to an expeditionary, primarily maritime-based strategy. As such, the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, despite a chaotic procurement programme and the reversion to the F-35B Lightning II variant, are likely to prove valuable instruments of state power - not necessarily, or as originally intended, as 'strike' platforms, but as multi-purpose, highly adaptable and widely employable assets, capable of projecting high-impact military power, both at sea and from the sea. |
| `In' analytical Note | Rusi Journal Vol. 157, No.6; Dec 2012: p.4-9 |
| Journal Source | Rusi Journal Vol. 157, No.6; Dec 2012: p.4-9 |
| Key Words | United Kingdom ; Future Carriers ; Armed Forces ; Queen Elizabeth - Class Aircraft Carriers ; Military Power |