UK secures £10bn deal to supply Norway with warships

[SerendipityJane]

Oh dear.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5rgdpvn63o

Good news

Norway is literally the best country to provide war ships too!

Why 'oh dear'? Just general concern about a move towards an expansion of war in Europe? Or have I missed something?

More like a misunderstanding about world affairs and thought that others would be equally ignorant

Interesting choice by the Norwegians but defo good news for UK industry

I'm really confused OP. Why do you think this is a bad thing? Every maritime country has warships, someone has to supply them whether that's in-house or external. The UK has won a major contract which will be good for our economy. What's the problem?

We won’t get an answer

Why “oh dear” - do they look underpriced? So being built at a loss? @SerendipityJane

or an issue that they are being built in Scotland?

Perhaps the OP has maybe latched onto the "war" bit of warship and not looked any deeper, such as what these ships are designed to do.

Given the state of the world ATM and especially Russia's behaviour and capabilities anything that helps improve western anti-submarine capabilities is definitely a good thing.

The Graun doesn’t seem despondent by the news either.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/31/norway-signs-10bn-deal-for-anti-submarine-warships-built-in-uk

is Jeremy upset? Is that the issue?

Yep

clearly making no differentiation between Norway and, let’s say, Iran.

It is toe-curling l but also frightening to think that many others are probably so ignorant