I’ve being reading a fair bit about the RN’s future and its new purchases, type 45’s, CVF’s, Astutes, etc…From what I gather from RN submarine buffs the Astute is best warship to come from a European defence manufacture in decades (although many seem to be more enamoured by not having to share a bunk space).
Will the Astute be able to do exactly as BAE advertise i.e. is it “the stealthiest submarine ever produced”?
Will the Astute’s ability to assist ground forces with tactical tomahawks prove an effective investment?
If you were only going to have one class of SSN is the Astute the top of the bunch? i.e. how do they compare to a Virginia, Sea wolf or a Barracuda?
How would Astute’s fair against completely hypothetical enemies such as a USN carrier group, a Russian task force or French fleet based around the Charles de Gaulle?
I realise that much of the data on these SSN are classified but I would still like to hear what people think about the Astute, since it already seems to have won so much approval
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