Scrapping Nimrod 'Opens Massive Gap in Security'

The Scotsman › January 28, 2011

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GOVERNMENT ministers and military chiefs have defended the decision to scrap the RAF's Nimrod surveillance planes, after a group of retired senior officers warned it would leave a "massive gap" in Britain's security.

Labour accused the government of a "rushed" decision to get rid of the GBP4 billion fleet on cost grounds as part of last year's strategic defence and security review.

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Scrapping Nimrod 'Opens Massive Gap in Security'

But Defence Secretary Liam Fox said the N...

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