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Tonight, the ministry of defence is having to defend proposals that go to the heart of how our country can defend itself. Newsnight has learned the royal navy would lose its ability to assault enemy held beaches and plans currently being considered. The specialist landing ships, hms albion and bulwark, would be taken out of service, a plan which has caused huge alarm among senior royal marine officers who believe it would deprive the core of its core mission. Mark urban has the story. Emily, we are in a situation, not unprecedented, where there are too many things in the programme and aspirations to be paid for but there is also a depreciation in the value of the sterling which affects some of the bigger projects and there needs to be a review. In 30 years of reporting defence in this country, ive never seen a situation like the one we are now in. We cannot call it a review, and whitehall isnt because apparently the defence secretary had won just two years ago and does not like the opt ....

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