UK adding 9 P-8 Poseidons, 24 F-35 stealth fighters to its warplane repository

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/uk-adding-9-p-8-poseidons-24-f-35-stealth-fighters-its-warplane-repository-656337



"We are going to step up the aircraft carrier punch of the United Kingdom. We are going to make sure that when these aircraft carriers are available they are going to have planes that can fly from them in force," the BBC reported Osborne as saying. "By 2023, we will be able to have these jets—some of the most powerful in the world—the F-35, on the decks of these carriers and Britain, second only to the United States, will be able to project power abroad in order to defend ourselves at home."