Poiuytrewq wrote:"We" haven't designed anything, unless you mean the removal of systems "We" couldn't afford.
That's just factually incorrect. Type 31 is a British design developed from an original Danish design. You can moan about the equipment fit, and we all have, but it's a large and adaptable platform. And it's British.
Poiuytrewq wrote:Exactly and by the time the first Arrowhead 140 design commissions as a T31 the basic design will have been around for over a quarter of a century.
So what?
Poiuytrewq wrote:Glad to hear it. The Arrowhead 140 should be seen as a sticking plaster stop gap to get RN and the MoD out of a bottleneck. IMO it is not the design to form the backbone of the Royal Navy for the first half of the 21st century.
Why?
Poiuytrewq wrote:The big question is, can Babcock build on time and on budget?
The second part of the question is easy. They have to. That's the contract they signed.
Shark Bait was bang on the nail.