Public footage of HMS Venturer's mast installation makes the progress of Type 31 construction visible. British yards are judged unusually open about their work compared with other programmes under examination. One suggested motive is that repeated images of substantial construction make it harder to cancel a programme on the claim that little has been done. This is an interpretation of the publicity, without evidence here of a formal yard policy. It connects the public visibility of industrial work to the political arguments surrounding continued procurement.
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Construction photographs make frigate progress harder to dismiss
Venturer's construction footage prompts an argument that visible progress can strengthen a programme's defence against cancellation.