The UK Royal Navy is currently without any operational multi-role… (лодка · субмарина · подводный)
The UK Royal Navy is currently without any operational multi-role nuclear submarines, according to UK Defence Journal, due to multiple submarines being out of service for maintenance, repairs, or inactive status. This situation has raised strategic concerns as these submarines are key for surveillance and missile launches.
Consensus
- The UK Royal Navy currently has no operational multi-role nuclear submarines at sea
- Several submarines of the Astute class are either out of service or undergoing maintenance
- This is a temporary situation, not unprecedented, with similar issues occurring in 2022
Points of divergence
- Two submarines are inactive at Faslane base after extended time out of water, two others are undergoing long-term maintenance in Devonport, and one recently returned from deployment is in post-deployment repair — vedomosti
- All submarines are currently at anchor and not at sea, with no mention of specific locations or deployment status — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- UK Defence Journal: Britain's Royal Navy loses all its nuclear submarines — Ведомости
- UKDJ: Britain Left Without Functional Nuclear Submarines — Вечерняя Москва