18 March 2022
UK's Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance vessel plan becalmed
by Richard Scott
A year after the UK announced it would acquire a new ocean surveillance vessel to safeguard critical infrastructure in the North Atlantic region, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has still yet to decide on the capability required, procurement strategy, or in-service date.
Published in March 2021 the Defence Command Paper ‘Defence in a competitive age' outlined plans to acquire a single Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship (MROSS) to protect critical underwater infrastructure in the Atlantic, reflecting growing concerns as to the vulnerability of undersea cable infrastructure to sabotage by submarines.
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