Joint Support Ship program has floundered in a ‘minefield’

The program has drifted under the radar as a successful program. But it now appears to have hit rough waters.

It was the strongest plank in the Conservatives' book of big announcements. Kicked off by the Liberals in 2004 and reaffirmed by the Tories in 2006, the Joint Support Ship program carried a bipartisan lustre in rebuilding the navy. However, despite the optimism, it appears the project has flounde...

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