That ease the cashflow problems on the MoD budget and allows slots 7 & 8 to be filled for the RN later.
With this governments' record on procurement do you honestly think the RN will see the planned number of T45s?
This is probably the easiest way of reducing the ships the RN gets
"Well we've sold these two to the Saudis but don't worry you'll definitely get the next two, unless someone else wants them"
Cynical switch back to off.
