When is rolling submarine production not continuous? (Andrew Davies, Mark Thomson, ASPI The Strategist)

The 2016 Defence White Paper (DWP) announced that the Future Submarine will be delivered under a ‘rolling acquisition program’. Initially we assumed this meant that submarines would be produced continuously under the same sort of scheme envisaged for surface combatants. We weren’t alone in drawing such a conclusion; we’ve spoken with parliamentarians, defence journalists and industry people who’ve done likewise. But it’s since been pointed out to us that we may be incorrect, and on a close re-reading of the DWP we’re now not so sure.

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