Astute costing ?
Extract from Naval Shipbuilding NorthWest England.
Minister Mr. Bob Ainsworth, on 29 Mar 2010 said in Hansard Column 645W:-
A fully modular build system is being adopted in the build of HMS Astute, HMS Ambush and HMS Artful by BAE SYSTEMS .
The Submarines have a cost of £3,492 million* By comparison American Virginia class submarines cost over $2.4 billion each.
(*source: Parliamentary answer on 17th May 2006).
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