Tuesday, 7 July 2009

HMS Queen Elizabeth

The BBC has a report on the beginning of work on HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of Britain's two next generation strike carriers, that includes this curious statement (emphasis added):
The vessels will be capable of carrying up to 40 aircraft and will be used for a wide range of tasks, including supporting peacekeeping operations and conflict prevention.
No, their purpose, and rightly so, is to wage war and strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. Otherwise, I don't see any point in them.

1 comment:

C Palmer said...

Surely an important role will be to support the crack 1st Social Work Commando--so much more reasonable than those noisy aircraft with the shooty things.