Britain Builds Mega Warships

Monday, December 29, 2008, 2:07 By Jaiyant Cavale
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Britain is building some of the world’s largest warships the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Prince Of Wales. Both weigh about 65,000 ton and are definitely the biggest warships that Britain has ever had or produced. The ships can carry many numbers of jet planes and war planes and thus can help the military to take off from the middle of the sea. The ships are expected to assist the Royal navy and military in curbing terrorism and piracy.

The ships can carry 36 Joint Strike Fighter jets and 4 helicopters each. Apparently it’s not just the British but Russians, Indians and the Chinese are on their way to build some of the largest ships on earth. These war ships may indeed help to curb terrorism and improve international security but it might also encourage countries to set off to wars.

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Weapons are never noble and a weapon carrier only assists wars. The ships are each about 4 acres and cost 4 billion pounds. The ships are expected to protect British military and civil interests all across the globe. The ships will be ready by 2016 or 2018.

Via: DailyMail/Gizmodo

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