Home pagePress CenterIn the Media A report by the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, Trends in European Defense Spending, 2001-2006, was cited by an editorial in the Financial Times, "Carriers Burden the Defense Budget."
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A report by the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, Trends in European Defense Spending, 2001-2006, was cited by an editorial in the Financial Times, "Carriers Burden the Defense Budget."
Britain yesterday confirmed it would sign a contract to build two aircraft carriers, the largest surface ships the Royal Navy has ever had. [ . . .]
As a report published last month by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies points out, Britain's procurement budget has been essentially flat in real terms since the beginning of the century while equipment costs have soared.
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