The more snippets I read hear the more I suspect the CVs are just smoke and mirrors.
No money, no orders, no aircraft, no men and now no dock.
I am not looking for flame or anything but it is looking as if the politicians may be starring at reality and not prepared to make a decision.
Some new kit is dribbling through - Type 45, Typhoon, new AT, Helios, MRA4, Brimstone, Stormshadow, FRES? but in small numbers. Future kit will be in even smaller numbers.
The reality is simply cost. The whole lot is becoming unaffordable.