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The UK is no longer capable of running a nuclear submarine program after years of mismanagement, retired Rear Admiral Philip Mathias has said.

The former director of nuclear policy at the Ministry of Defense sharply criticized the state of Britain’s submarine fleet in an article published by The Telegraph on Saturday.

He argued that repeated delays in delivering new vessels, combined with long patrols, have resulted in a “shockingly low availability” of submarines to address the threats facing the country, while budget cuts and a “huge failure” in managing key personnel have exacerbated the problem.

“The UK is no longer capable of managing a nuclear submarine program,” Mathias stated. “Performance across all aspects of the program continues to get worse in every dimension. This is an unprecedented situation in the nuclear submarine age. It is a catastrophic failure of succession and leadership planning,” he wrote.

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