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Re:Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong dec... by codewithcheese on Saturday February 22, 2020 @10:38PM (#22394948)
As of January 2018, the intended delivery date of the first submarine is September 2022. [0]

Can anyone comment what the current status and solution is?

[0] https://abcblogs.abc.es/tierra-mar-aire/industria-de-defensa...

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Re:Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong dec... by JoshuaJB on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:05PM (#22395064)
From what I understand, they just lengthened the submarine to increase its displacement enough to counter the extra weight.

It also looks like the hull of the first submarine is now complete, [1] so there's some possibility they'll meet their new timeline.

[1] https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/s-80.ht...

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