It may not scare the enemy,but the huge HMS Queen Elizabeth should terrify the Royal Navy. It is an expensive status symbol without a purposeToday the Queen commissioned her namesake, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, or the largest ship ever built for the Royal Navy. She will be followed soon by Prince Charles,who can be expected to commission the navy’s second large carrier, HMS Prince of Wales.
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Source: guardian.co.uk