Agree with Asturias to many fundamental errors to be legit. I hope its actually right because I believe its a no brainer win win for UK and AUS (depending on price)
astute 7-8 go to aus
final dreadnought goes into build
first dreadnought comes out 2031/2
first SSN(R) goes into build
There not a log of wiggle room because astute is EOL around 2035.
UK gets a cash injection into it budget a couple of billion pounds per hull, they get some income for the MIC as assuming all non basic maintainence and upgrades will be done in the UK.