I should have written: CAD/CAM ahould help - if they had proper marine engineering/ship design people using it. But Gash In = Gash Out.
Another questionable decision made by Ministers: In future frigates will be expected to perform Mines Counter Measures - forget about small and highly manoeuvrable specialist ships with minehunting sonar (rather different to the sort used to detect submarines) that are built of non magnetic materials and are hardened against underwater blast, why not use large steel vessels that aren't hardened? After all no Western waships have been damaged by mines recently (except Samuel B Roberts, Princeton, Tripoli)...........