Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Considering we haven't got all the Astutes after years (first delivery 2007) this isn't likely to figure soon...............
Astute was born into and out of a sh*it sandwich of a situation, caused in large part by a complete loss of expertise following a lengthy gap in orders, which took years to recover from. We are not in that situation now - Dreadnaught is following seamlessly from Astute, and future attack submarine should follow seamlessly from Dreadnaught. It IS a few years off, but that reflects the pipeline of deliveries rather than any Astute-era car crash..