New Submarines

Posted: 23rd February 2022

The Ministry of Defence has published its tenth annual summary of the defence equipment plan. “The Dreadnought Class is the future submarine platform of the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent. Replacing the Vanguard Class, they will be the largest submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy. Dreadnought is a new design with a number of new systems and equipment improvements which will provide the necessary increase in capability and performance to address the advances being made in the underwater battle space by the UK’s potential peer level adversaries. The Defence Nuclear Organisation is delivering this complex programme through the Dreadnought Alliance, a joint management team formed in 2018 comprising the Submarine Delivery Agency, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce. UK Defence Journal 21st Feb 2022  https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dreadnought-nuclear-missile-submarine-progressing-well/