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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Steel-cutting already way on fifth Astute submarine

Astute classWork has already started on a £1bn Barrow submarine that is to be the subject of a new defence spending review.

Prime Minister David Cameron revealed on Wednesday that a £300m order placed by Labour for work to start on a fifth Astute class sub, and for some items for a sixth, will be part of the Con/ Lib government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Mr Cameron, who visited Barrow shipyard during the general election campaign, was answering a question from Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, John Woodcock, during Prime Minister’s Questions.

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