As for the Mistrals, they are not good evidence. We built something similar: an extra Invincible hull and put a 'box' on top... voi la, out comes HMS Ocean, at a v reasonable price.Jensy wrote:before R&D.
Any belief that this project is going to come in at €5bn seems like fantasy. I'd imagine at least €10-12bn, in 2020 prices for one ship. Were it not for the the five Mistral Class coming in at reasonable prices, I'd guess even higher.
I still agree with your price range (hence the R&D bit included in the quote). One of the big questions in the nuclear vs. conventional was that of their existing reactors, three would have been needed for the size that the new carrier needed to be.
- well. now it will have two of K-22s
- what did it/ will it cost before the build of the first unit is ready to commence Probably not included in the estimate