Jayand.
So, are you saying that the new trident boats (and thus trident) are going to be axed?
Cold war or not, it will be of no use to spend shed loads of cash on new subs, if they cannot make it safely out of port!
Subs and ASW go hand in hand, and one cannot exist without the other. Its a funny old world...We keep our carriers, but have no organic aircraft to fly from them, but scrap Nimrod, even though it can do its job, is paid for, and has crews/logistics in place.