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Rejoice, but bad news awaits for Type 26?
Seemingly timing the release to coincide with the Sunday papers, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 July that it had awarded BAE Systems a £3.7 billion contract for the manufacture of three Type 26 frigates.
Typically, industry has reacted positively for the most part, with prime ...
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