Astute ?

Bellman · 06-26-10, 03:39 AM

Of course you are - that's why you will watch a film on BBC2 Sun 2100 called 'How to build a nuclear submarine.'
See how the UK spent a £1 billion on her new 'Astute.'

So on a day of F1, 'World Cup' and barbies dont forget to set your recorder -or pick it up later on iPlayer.

TLAM Strike · 06-26-10, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bellman

See how the UK spent a £1 billion on her new 'Astute.'

Wow quite a bargain! A Virgina class SSN costs nearly 3 billion USD...

Seawolf class SSN 4.4 billion......

Cost of Russian Yasen (Severodvinsk) class SSN about 1 Billion

Cost of Kilo class SSK 300 million

Bellman · 06-27-10, 12:47 AM

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).

clive bradbury · 06-27-10, 03:36 AM

Looking forward to this - it is a three-part series - so should be pretty in-depth (no pun intended!).

Kaleun · 06-27-10, 07:38 AM

Looking at the BBC2 website, it looks like the other 2 parts are not related to submarines.

The series is called "How to build...."

Part 1/ Nuclear submarine
Part 2/ Jumbo Jet engine
Part 3/ Britains secret engineers

Could be interesting, just not Sub-related!

Kaleun

caymanlee · 06-30-10, 08:15 AM

interesting, anyone recorded it yet? anyone would share a link to it, that would be very nice

Bellman · 06-30-10, 09:38 AM

There you go :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ear_Submarine/

caymanlee · 06-30-10, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Bellman

There you go :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ear_Submarine/

thanks, but this link available play in UK only.

Fish · 07-01-10, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bellman

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).

Is that a guaranteed price Bellman?

In such cases the price easily doubles during building.

Frying Tiger · 07-01-10, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Is that a guaranteed price Bellman?

In such cases the price easily doubles during building.

Am I doing the math wrong? That comes out to over 5 billion US dollars with the current exchange rate, (remember, a US billion is 1000 million) making the Virginia cheaper.

Bellman · 07-02-10, 05:42 AM

Fish - Politicians = guarantees

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin.

FT. - 3 UK subs total £3492 million or appx £1164 milliion ea.
Current ROE £1 = $1.52 appx.
Astute $1769 million ea.
cf. Virginia $2400 million ea. (on your terms)

Frying Tiger · 07-02-10, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bellman

Fish - Politicians = guarantees

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin.

FT. - 3 UK subs total £3492 million or appx £1164 milliion ea.
Current ROE £1 = $1.52 appx.
Astute $1769 million ea.
cf. Virginia $2400 million ea. (on your terms)

Ah, that was my error. Thought the price was per ship.
Thanks.

Hawk66 · 10-23-10, 03:31 AM

Is there any media archive for that? Would also like to watch it^^.

06-26-10, 03:39 AM	#1
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	Astute ? Of course you are - that's why you will watch a film on BBC2 Sun 2100 called 'How to build a nuclear submarine.' See how the UK spent a £1 billion on her new 'Astute.' So on a day of F1, 'World Cup' and barbies dont forget to set your recorder -or pick it up later on iPlayer. __________________ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

06-27-10, 12:47 AM	#3
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	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). __________________ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

06-27-10, 07:38 AM	#5
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	Looking at the BBC2 website, it looks like the other 2 parts are not related to submarines. The series is called "How to build...." Part 1/ Nuclear submarine Part 2/ Jumbo Jet engine Part 3/ Britains secret engineers Could be interesting, just not Sub-related! Kaleun Last edited by Kaleun; 06-27-10 at 01:56 PM.

06-30-10, 09:38 AM	#7
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	There you go :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ear_Submarine/ __________________ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

07-02-10, 05:42 AM	#11
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	Fish - Politicians = guarantees In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin. FT. - 3 UK subs total £3492 million or appx £1164 milliion ea. Current ROE £1 = $1.52 appx. Astute $1769 million ea. cf. Virginia $2400 million ea. (on your terms) __________________ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

06-27-10, 03:36 AM	#4
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Looking forward to this - it is a three-part series - so should be pretty in-depth (no pun intended!).

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caymanlee Medic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Centre Posts: 161 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	interesting, anyone recorded it yet? anyone would share a link to it, that would be very nice

10-23-10, 03:31 AM	#13
Hawk66 Commodore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 609 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Is there any media archive for that? Would also like to watch it^^.