Nah, its the classic Brit problem - overreaching on their designs and then giving lame excuses when the obvious shortcomings that should have been engineered out are brought to light.
How can one tell if your British car is out of oil ?
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It stops leaking in the parking spot.
Maybe their engineers were involved in GM's brilliant decision to make a diesel engine out of a gasoline engine block. That and a 1981 Pontiac Phoenix were why I have not bought another GM product. :o)
You can bet that somewhere in those ships there are chains,sprockets and BITS OF WOOD.
Trump is right. This isn’t a technical issue it is a political issue. Our NATO allies have let us down. They are unwilling to spend on defense and are protections against our industries. The state of NATO defense is a joke.