Maybe they'll place the order some time next year.All talk no action. As I said above letting deliveries end with no successors even sanctioned let alone in production is a ridiculous situation that they keep allowing to occur
every time one class finishes And another starts if there’s a break you’re incurring at least a 2-3 year delay due to the need to re-tool/train and optimise the yard
the ‘builder’s navy’ doesn’t seem to care