UK’s Biggest Warship in Olympic Guardian


Sunday, 06 May 2012 08:50


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‘On Friday 4 May, Britain’s biggest warship, helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, narrowly escaped a spot of trouble as it sailed through a tight gap on the Thames river heading for the Olympic Guardian.

The warship operated off the Libyan coast last year and it will be berthed at Greenwich, near the Olympic Park, during the Olympic Games. The military measures have been criticized for being over-the-top as critics say they would waste the money of the British taxpayer.

“These boys-with-toys are costing taxpayers £1bn yet they cannot add an iota to national security. They have nothing to do with deterring terrorism, even supposing there to be any such threat”, said journalist Simon Jenkins writing for The Guardian.’

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