In the first of a series of articles focussing on the Astute class SSNs, we look at the programme's history and how decisions made decades ago continue to impact today's fleet. Background In the late 1960s the RN had decided that it would invest heavily in nuclear attack submarines with a force goal of 20| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
The first of Britain’s new nuclear deterrent submarines, HMS Dreadnought has now been under construction for over 4 years. Although still relatively early days and available information is inevitably limited, some further details of the boat’s design and progress on this vast project have emerged since our first article on the subject in 2017.| Navy Lookout