Raw recruits for the Royal Navy will be getting a first hand experience of life on board with a new high-tech training base on land.

BBC: Devonport navy training in 'radical change'

Building turbines on land can be just as controversial, suitable locations for fixed-base shallow-water turbines are limited and a new generation of big turbines will need lots of space: only a couple can be placed in each square kilometre.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

Carriers can operate freely from international waters, while land-based aircraft cannot easily fly in a war zone unless a nearby country offers a base.

ECONOMIST: The future of the Royal Navy

The mohajirs, who did not own land, and so consequently had no place in the traditional political and social structure, were now having their power-base in the civil service whipped from under them.

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