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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Royal Navy needs Astute submarines

Furness MP and Defence Secretary John Hutton has promised that Barrow will get all seven Astute nuclear submarines it expects despite the recession.

And Mr Hutton has said he is confident that with the Trident missile successor submarines, the shipyard will have work well into the 2020s.

Mr Hutton has been Barrow’s MP for 17 years and has held three big-hitting Secretary of Stateships in employment, business and defence.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete30/1/09 14:04

    Thanks Kobus

    Not a pretty submarine but the Brits probably make the best - after the US.

    Pete

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