The Great Transition: New Royal Navy Abandons Primacy in the Maritime Domain
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In the short term, the UK’s Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) has delivered some shocks, while also taking gambles with the Royal Navy and Britain’s ability to project power or safeguard its citizens and interests around the world.
By immediately getting rid of the Fleet Flagship (and on-call aircraft carrier) HMS Ark Royal together with the Naval Strike Wing (NSW) of Harrier GR9 strike jets, the UK government has wrecked the carefully calibrated transition from th...
