Search results for ‘harriers’
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Paul the octopus or Nick Clegg? Wins and #fails of 2010
A general election, a World Cup, an “environmental 9/11”, the biggest secret files leaks in history and news of a royal wedding. Channel 4 News looks back at the winners and losers in a hectic year.
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Final flight for Harrier jump jet
The Harrier jet makes its final flight – from RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. But the plane’s early retirement as a result of defence spending cuts remains controversial, writes Carl Dinnen.
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When is a Harrier more expensive than a Tornado?
The claim “If we look at… what will be saved by deleting either (the Tornado fighter jet or the Harrier fast jet), we are saving more by deleting Harrier than we would the other way round.” Nick Harvey MP, Radio 4, 9th November 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out As the Ark Royal makes its…
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FactCheck: could cuts mean another Falklands?
FactCheck analyses the claim that defence cuts leave the Falklands vulnerable to attack.
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For sale: Harrier fleet. One careful owner.
Britain’s decommissioned fleet of Harrier jump jets could be sold abroad, but how much money is it likely to raise? And a former Harrier pilot tells Channel 4 News what makes it so special.
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Harrier jet’s replacement ten years away
The Harrier jet is to be retired after more than 40 years of service to the RAF and Navy, the government confirmed today in its announcement of defence spending cuts.
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Strategic Defence Review: What’s up for grabs?
Cheap petrol, expensive cocaine, rescue at sea, every computer you use today. They’re all in play in the Defence Review, writes Carl Dinnen.
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The Axeman Cometh – and now for the poor too.
The coalition is proving masterful at manipulating the story. It now seems certain the Spending Review on Wednesday will involve dramatic and deep cuts affecting those on low incomes and benefits but the last three weeks have been dominated by pain for the “squeezed middle” and the rich.
