Originally Posted by
Asturias56
having a National Capability in one part of the Weapon System isn't worth a lot TBH e.g RR engines - fine - but if you can't afford the airframe what do really gain in "control"?
Probably SSN's are the only system the UK has that is more or less all built at home
I shan’t get dragged into what is a highly sensitive subject, but suffice to say that there are a multitude of areas in which national technical capabilities are exploited to significant benefit without entire platforms having to be “sovereign”. The underlying policy, National Security Through Technology, is available to read
here although I suspect it will be updated or subsumed into the impending Defence and Security Industrial Strategy.