Originally Posted by
Geriaviator
What government is going to rely on British shipbuilders if they need warships for the next decade? Sad to see but our manufacturing industries have been savaged by short-term financial shenanigans and governments that can't see beyond the five years between elections.
That's not actually the case.
The Clyde - in the form of Govan and Scotstoun - has had continuous shipbuilding work for nigh-on thirty years, albeit recently hamstrung by Paul Draysons Maritime Industrial Strategy, which is why its taking them twelve years to build (badly) a frigate.
What is actually missing is competence in real delivery of ships, as opposed to systems engineering.