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Helen Corbett

Healey: Aircraft carrier under Nato command can be ready for UK use in five days

Defence Secretary John Healey and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper during a visit to HMS Prince of Wales (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

A UK aircraft carrier placed under Nato command can be ready for Britain to use at five days’ notice, the Defence Secretary said as he marked it reaching “full capability”.

HMS Prince of Wales, one of two Royal Navy aircraft carriers in service, can be ready for Nato commanders within 10 days, John Healey said on Monday during a visit to the vessel anchored off Naples with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.

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