Sarkozy to "hijack" United Kingdom carriers _ triple life magazine

◎ Song Xiaojun "for the Royal Navy hung up the EU's banner is on United Kingdom naval tradition for centuries. "This is June 17 global media are reporting the new defense policy: Sarkozy and his claim to return to NATO's military regime, the United Kingdom the conservative defense spokesman Gilliam · Fox (LiamFox) on the daily mail," said a Word. He apparently against Sarkozy will France built a second aircraft carrier was postponed until 2011-2012, and said, because this means that Sarkozy to "hijack" a United Kingdom Royal Navy aircraft carriers will become inevitable. 1998 in the EU Summit, France pioneered formed by an aircraft carrier as the flagship of the European Union fleet's vision, the first 2 years France began to justify the construction of a new aircraft carrier to replace in November 2000, the General Electric aircraft carrier in decommissioning "Clemenceau". It should be said that France did in fact for the next 40 to 50 years, the two aircraft carriers (another is the "Gaulle nuclear aircraft carrier) and serves as the main European Union fleet to lay. However, in 1999, the euro established after France's economy did not think of a good, so new aircraft carriers of the programme due to a design concept and budgets often conflict but always failed to finalize until 13 February 2004, the Government of France and the United Kingdom sharing only make design fees combined with design decisions for future aircraft carrier. For the purposes of the United Kingdom must be to build two new "Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier to replace the retired two of the" invincible-class aircraft carrier, in the context of France out 1/3 of the design fee natural is good (General carrier design costs of the construction costs of about 1/2). And 24 January 2006, the British and French Governments design fee-sharing agreements, and prepare timely sign design details and construction of the principal contract. But since then France people carrier design or too perfect, for example because the normal take-off and landing, the aircraft was to be allowed a sufficient length of the flight deck and install steam Catapult's location, to equip more air defense weapons and to have placed nuclear compartment or even consider to use the most advanced electric propulsion and so on, resulting in a budget from the beginning of 20 billion euros have been rising to 30 million euros (United Kingdom of two aircraft carriers of the total budget of 40 million). Particularly in France in March 2007, the leader of the opposition during the general election, ya in his campaign speech, declared that if she is elected will be used in the construction of aircraft carriers of the money into education and scientific research, which Sarkozy was elected after construction started a second aircraft carrier has caused a great pressure. In February 2008, France's Parliament a report shows, if you continue to promote the new carrier will also increase funding of € 5 million, it should be said that this thoroughly ruined France with France carrier to offer the European Union fleet's dream. Aircraft carrier in the whole life cycle costs (LCC) can be divided into two parts — the development phase and using security stage, according to past experience development phase only whole life cycle costs by 30%, which means that 35 million euros is only projected costs of the development phase, and in the development of medium-and possibly cost overruns. As the "Charles de Gaulle," at the time of the budget is 120 million francs, and the ultimate delivery of the vessel when it has reached a 190 billion francs, exceeded the budget by 50 percent. At the same time, the aircraft carrier during the whole life cycle of about 35% of the time to perform tasks, such as "de Gaulle" 2015 must enter factory completed overhaul of 18 months, which is exactly why Sarkozy ranks in the United Kingdom is one of the reasons for the aircraft carrier (the other reason is the "Charles de Gaulle," as many nuclear aircraft carrier in the ports of the "mobility"). March 2008, Sarkozy in United Kingdom Prime Minister Brown's meeting with the United Kingdom proposed to provide a carrier Presidency of the European Union fleet flagship ideas. Under 18 may the times revealed that, due to the existing two aircraft carriers United Kingdom — the "Royal Ark," and "Excellence" will be held in 2012 and 2015 decommissioned, and the United Kingdom new two aircraft carriers were respectively in 2014 and 2016, the service, which meant that the United Kingdom also have 4 years only one aircraft carrier in service. According to France's naval spokesman on Sarkozy's proposed interpretation, if United Kingdom offers an aircraft carrier as the flagship of the European fleet, the future of Britain, and France can put the aircraft carrier "group a"; that is, when a State aircraft carriers cannot be dispatched to complete a task, another State of aircraft carrier to replace. 14 June, Germany the der Spiegel magazine disclosure, prior to Germany in Sarkozy and Merkel talks also referred to the establishment of the European Union fleet plan and request Germany sent a frigate and supply ship. For Sarkozy to form the European Union fleet plan, British and German Governments also no clear answer, but have also been reported that United Kingdom Government for budgetary pressures and garrison Afghanistan must require cooperation between France and other reasons, may ultimately agreed to the establishment of the European Union fleet Sarkozy. If Sarkozy really will the future aircraft carrier "hijacking" of the United Kingdom is successful, then for a large number of Navy fans in Europe, they may not care about Sarkozy will be politically and how many points, they are probably more concerned at the Trafalgar 200 years after the naval battle in the past, when the two had fought so tragic to traditional Navy will be how to share a warship. This article from the triple life week 23 2008, please refer to　　　　　　 Schmeer