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£3.9bn carrier's 'two-year delay'

The introduction of two new aircraft carriers will be delayed so the money can be spent instead on troops in the frontline in Afghanistan, the MoD is expected to announce. Rear Admiral Scott Lidbetter, former head of the Fleet Air Arm, and Brigadier Alan Mallinson, who was in the army for 35 years, discuss the delay of the carriers expected to cost £3.9bn.

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