Originally Posted by
Bengo
A reason we got Astute number 7 was to keep Barrow busy till the Dreadnought builds came on stream and so avoid repeating the Astute basic SSN building techniques learning process. I daresay Boris, Ben and certainly Treasury would be quite happy for the RAN to have this boat and for the RAN's builders of choice to come and learn how things are done in the same way that BAE were helped. They can then take the jigs and special tools etc. off to Adelaide and build some more RAN modified Astutes around a RR reactor package, probably supplied ready to build in.
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Nope. Boat 7 was contracted because we need at least seven.
I'd be very surprised if Astute (and its PWR2) form the basis of what is to come.