The Daily Telegraph website reported on February 4 that the British Ministry of Defence was once again in an awkward situation: the aircraft carrier Prince of Wales was delayed again due to the "low-level" error of shaft misalignment found by engineers. At the time of the disclosure of the news, the British Ministry of Defence was accepting the Conservative Party's investigation of its procurement process to find out the reasons for the repeated failure to use the funds properly. The Daily Telegraph learned that the starboard and port shafts of the 3 billion pound warship were misaligned, resulting in axial deviation. This may cause the vibration of the shaft to exceed its design tolerance, wear the bearing, and in extreme cases, cause the coupling of the shaft itself to break, as happened to the starboard shaft of the "Prince of Wales" aircraft carrier last September. Last September, the new aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy canceled its "landmark mission" to the United States due to the transmission shaft problem. Subsequently, its plan to go to Roth, Scotland, for maintenance was postponed because "cracks" were found on some machines. Tom Sharp, a former officer of the Royal Navy and former captain of the destroyer "Perseverance", told our reporter that in the field of marine engineering, the correct alignment of shafting is one of the routine tasks of any ship construction. Sharp said: "This is a low-level error." He said: "There is no problem with the 'Queen Elizabeth' aircraft carrier, which shows that the tests carried out by the 'Prince of Wales' during the construction and sea trials are not so strict. This is not uncommon among second-class ships. But on ships of this class, it is obviously not satisfactory." Navy sources insist that the maintenance of the port shaft is "a prudent approach to prevent similar defects on the starboard shaft". They said: "In all the tests, the parameters of the axis are within the acceptable range. No problems were found during the test and construction process." The shadow cabinet defense minister John Healy said: "At the time of the rising threat and the further reduction of the number of naval ships, we need our fleet to sail at sea, rather than stuck in the dock for long-term maintenance." Healy also said, The "Prince of Wales" is the flagship of NATO. "Ministers should not allow continuous problems to undermine the ability of our armed forces to lead important joint exercises". He said: "The Conservative Party must be frank about the time and cost of maintenance, and ensure that the UK can fulfill its commitments to NATO and its allies." Earlier this week, the Ministry of Defense was also forced to explain that a nuclear engineer on the British nuclear submarine glued a broken bolt, saying that this was an "unforgivable" mistake. The defense procurement investigation led by Mark Francois, a Conservative backbencher, will go back at least 20 years to investigate the Ministry of Defense's failure to properly use the funds of billion pounds of taxpayers. (Outlook New Era)