Hopefully but only if funding matches ambition.SW1 wrote:Is there scope over the next decade to increase build drum beat.
It will be interesting to see what the emphasis on subsea results in as part of the Integrated Review. The threat to National Security has been identified but the cost to properly counter that threat in a conventional way will be eye watering.
A solution must be found and IMO HMG needs to start funding UK PLC to find innovative and more cost effective platforms in order to counter the threat at a price the budget will withstand.
For example, what is the submarine equivalent of a T31?