Re: Another wee problem
Err... Why do you think the Dreadnought class sub is not a white elephant?
It is the only nuclear missile submarine in the world which does not have any other armament besides ICBMs. Yanks have torpedoes and cruise missiles on Ohio class, Russians have torpedoes and cruise missiles on the Borei class, so have the french on the Trioumphant and the Chinese are building the same spec.
The only ones which, once again, are building a single use white elephant is UK. A sub which cannot even fend for itself or give the fleet a hand in need.
So that is not 2 white elephants. Six. At least. If we add here the destroyers which have absolutely no anti-ship armament that will make it double digits.
This is just on the white elephant front. On the "idiot in charge" front we can add the lack of landing ship(s), lack of helicopter carrier(s), lack of... While there is a long tradition of idiots in the Admiralty in peace time, the current lot probably beats the record especially as far as "we have infinite amount of money so nothing will be multi-purpose" is concerned.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
