Thank you very much for that question. With regard to the Victoria class, no. But as we move forward and, as I mentioned earlier, once we achieve that steady state, and as we look at running this class of submarine to the end of life—which I foresee to be around 2030, based on our current submarine life extension project to see how long we can sustain that capability and at what cost—at the right moment, we will bring forward a submarine replacement program to ensure that we sustain this undersea capability, which is vital to any navy like ours and any modern G-8 nation that wishes to lead internationally.
When that project is initiated, we will look at all emerging technologies, such as air independent propulsion. We will look at whatever technology we can apply to increase the Arctic and ice-vicinity operational capacity of a future submarine. We will also look at the hardening of the hull that is required in an emergency to allow that submarine to surface through the ice and to keep that crew safe.
This is something that I absolutely agree we will be looking hard at in the years to come.