Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Having set a precedent on Sales Authority it occurred to me that should the pips squeak on a future UK budget the RN could now buy American SSN's.................... shades of the F-111 perhaps..............
Never happen unless its virginias built in the UK. This was actually a somewhat close to not happening, US production is so limited even 3 extra virginias was considered to much of a risk by some decision makers. This pretty much reads as a one off