The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers could set sail without a crucial radar which warns commanders of incoming enemy warplanes and missiles. A damning report by MPs reveals the Crowsnest early warning system will not be ready until six years after the first of the £5.5billion Queen Elizabeth-class warships enters service in 2016. Delays in fitting the ‘eyes in the sky’ system to military helicopters until 2022 were a ‘concern’, the Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says today. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409511/Royal-Navys-new-aircraft-carriers-set-sail-radar-cover-reveals-damning-report.html#ixzz2doVFvKJc Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook The Coalition left Britain without carrier strike when it controversially scrapped the iconic Harrier jump jets in 2010 as
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