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The Prime Minister made his bold pledge last month as he confirmed a ten percent hike in defence over the next four years, amounting to an extra £16.5billion. Specifically, he declared his ambition to make the Royal Navy Europe s premier maritime force - but Iain Ballantyne, editor of Warships International Fleet Review magazine, warned it would not be an easy or a simple task.