How costs took off:
Cost when approved: £2.8 billion
Cost when approved: £2.8 billion
Cost estimate now: £3.5 billion
Original in-service date: April 2003
Current forecast in-service date: September 2010
Cost rose at the end of 2006-07 by £687 million
Cost rose in 2007-08 by another £100 million
Air craft carriers and now support aircraft, this country cannot build anything on time and at its original cost.
If this country were forced into a war similar to the 1939 conflict, we would need 8 years notice.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3628743.ece
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