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Large naval drones still need scarce dry docks

A short logistics answer highlights that uncrewed warships do not remove the need for conventional dockyard capacity.

Question

Will large uncrewed naval vessels use the same dry docks as crewed warships?

Short answer

Probably; large drones are expected to share warship dry docks, helping explain the proposed third floating dock.

Notes

Large naval drones would probably use the same dry docks as warships. Their maintenance demand is given as one reason for including a third floating dry dock in the Defence Investment Plan. The supplier for those docks remained undecided in the discussion.