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Heaven forbid, the British may end up cooperating with the French on the new carrier(s)...
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they are cooperating with the french all future Surface ships for UK will be made at the French/Italian dry docks all our soctalnd and england facilites are shutting down massive lay offs are expected.coutry is goign through a transitional pahse we are becomeing less production more tertiary phased country with tourism nd services based country!!
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? The future carrier, SSNs and Daring-class are all being built in Britain...
Tertiary sector growth is a global trend, with the gradual advancement of the world and technology, and less labour-intensive primary and secondary activities because of it.
In regard to your comments about the UK's shipyards in this thread and BAe in another, you might be interested:
BAE says considering offers for warships division
(Reuters) - Defence firm BAE Systems says it has received a number of potential offers for its warship and submarines businesses and it is evaluating them.
Europe's largest defence firm operates three shipbuilding and submarine yards in north England and Scotland employing over 5,000 and although analysts say it has an annual turnover of around 800 million pounds they estimate it makes an operating loss.
"There have been expressions of interest. We would have to look at any such ideas or offers on their merits and our priority is shareholder value," a company spokesman said on Saturday.
Industry sources said the offers had come from American defence group General Dynamic and British shipbuilder VT Group, but BAE declined to comment and the two potential bidders could not be reached for comment.
Analysts and investors said that if BAE successfully sells the naval division it would increase the chance of Boeing and other American groups seeking a takeover or merger.
In February, Boeing Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher said he had no interest in buying BAE Systems as he did not want to be in the torpedo and shipbuilding business.
BAE System's naval division includes a submarine assembly plant at Barrow-in-Furness in northwestern England and its Govan and Scotstoun yards on the River Clyde in Glasgow.
The group is currently prime contractor on the government's aircraft-carrier programme and also builds nuclear submarines and destroyer ships.
Source: Reuters