On exercise last year, our Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was heavily reliant on Marine Corps F-35 planes. It is great that our allies helped out then. However, given the small number of UK F-35s that have been programmed, does the Minister accept that if both our carriers are deployed at the same time, we will be heavily reliant on US planes in the future?
Defence and Security Industrial Strategy
Proceeding contribution from
Nick Smith
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 March 2021.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Defence and Security Industrial Strategy.
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