Navy

Revealed: UK defence 'at risk' due to billions wasted on trophy kit including warships that 'sound like a box of spanners' and can be heard by Russian subs 100 MILES away 

The Ministry of Defence was criticised last night for leaving Britain vulnerable to attack due to a series of equipment blunders.

New tanks are too big to fit in the planes that will get them to warzones and our ships and can be heard by Russian submarines 100 miles away, it has emerged.

Rear Admiral Chris Parry described the navy's Type 45 destroyers, which cost £1billion each, as sounding like 'a box of spanners' underwater.

He said they were 'noisy as hell' and slammed the MoD for not 'thinking about the anti-submarine element'.

They also suffer frequent engine problems which cause them to break down in warm seas despite being designed to function between 50C and -20C.

All six are having new diesel generators installed which involves cutting a hole in the side of the ships and will take around nine years.