The government should consider redistributing warship construction work to various UK yards beyond just Belfast in order to revitalize the industry, stimulate economic growth across the country, and reduce dependency on foreign shipyards like Navantia's yard in Cádiz, Spain. This approach aligns with recommendations from Parker’s 2016 report and would allow for more comprehensive warship construction using modern methods such as building ships in blocks and then joining them together.
Politicians have raised concerns that much of the work will be carried out at Navantia's yard in Spain, with minimal involvement from British yards like Belfast and north Devon. Trevor Taylor believes it is feasible to distribute warship construction work across various UK yards due to modern shipbuilding techniques. The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are an example of this approach; they were built in blocks at different yards before assembly at Rosyth, North of Edinburgh.
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