shark bait wrote:donald_of_tokyo wrote:Sorry, I could not understand your point. You mean, delaying 5 T31, we can get 5 T26? No, it won't happen
The only reason the T31 exists is to deliver ships faster than the T26, within a fixed annual budget. A delay does not achieve that.
Sorry again, misunderstanding exists. (I think my point was not clear enough).
My whole point is
T26 hull-1 and hull-2 comes in before any of T23ASW are to decommission.
Please note, "comes in" is "delivered to RN" and not "commissioned".
Crew is needed when the ship is delivered, not when commissioned. In other words, T26 needs the crew of T23GP-hull-2 and 5 = T26 hull-1 and 2 will replace 2 of the 5 T26GP, not T23ASW.
This is fact analysis.
And, my proposal is to, delay the decommission date of T23GP-1 and 2 for ~2 years, we can totally delay the T31-hull-1 deliver date by 3 years.
This has no impact on T31 and T26 build cost, just shifting (delaying) T31. For example, Navy can "lend" T31e program cost (100-150M GBP/years) to Army for 2 years, and get them back 2 years later (around 2029-2030). It is "annual budget" flat.
[add] My concern is, T31 project is too much in hurry. For example, I think Babcock needs some time to reform their proposal. Also, it makes it possible to decide this issue
after (delayed) MDP.