But the Royal Navy will desperately need new submarines, maybe much sooner. The design is still in its early phases and may not enter service until the middle of the century. And the next generation of torpedoes designed to intercept the latest Russian submarines and Poseidon intercontinental nuclear-powered nuclear-armed autonomous torpedo. These may be joined by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). All the same, land attack cruise missiles should be carried in the fully-automated torpedo room. In line with British thinking it is unlikely to have a vertical launch system (VLS) like the ones on U.S. ">It was part of the Maritime Underwater Future Capability (MUFC) program to develop “future capability requirements and develop options to perform operations and tasks within the underwater environment when the current Astute Class Submarines leave service.” ‘SSN’ is the NATO designation for nuclear powered attack submarines, such as the Astute Class and U.S. SSNR, also written SSN(R), is the submarine class intended to follow the Astute.
The Astute Class is the Royal Navy’s current attack submarine, and the Dreadnought is the new Trident missile boat. The role description included “…to work different stakeholders across the Astute, Dreadnought and SSNR programmes.” Defense watchers will recognize the first two projects. Unofficial illustration of the Royal Navy’s next
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