Re: Richard Jukes
"...but the days of the aircraft carrier and surface ships are over for war." Whilst that is possibly a debatable point, surface ships are still very useful in times of peace, which is the majority of the time these ships will be used for. Especially for preventative roles such as anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, where just the sight of a warship on the horizon deters - sub hidden beneath the waves, not so much. And also for non-lethal activities such as providing emergency assistance to islands hit by hurricanes, or evacuating civilians from warzones, or saving refugees from the Med (how many refugees would you want to try squeezing into a Trident sub?).
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