Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
But, but......according to Babcock, T31 was a mature design so no risk!
There is no amount of "rework" on Gods green earth that would incur that amount of cost. It'll be an excuse to cover the fact they're learning how to build ships.
Prettyu much. It's really just an accounting exercise to say 'we spent more on this than we thought we would, so we are reducing our profits on those (and reducing our tax liability at the same time)'