" I discount the UK entirely - they are just trying to look the old part
they're gone "
Maybe, though this new alliance could be just the fillip, they need. Their new defence guy wallace, seems to be thinking outside the box. I see the submarine sections been made in the UK,assembled here and the US providing major electronic warfare, combat, and tracking systems , as well as the missles.
I also note the irony , that the only nuclear civil provider left in the UK, is Chinese.
