Thread by @FTusa284

Nice scoop by @larisamlbrown about making the new Royal Yacht (or whatever it's called now...) designated as a military/naval vessel, so it has to be built in the UK. However... let's look at why the RY is going to be designated as military:
thetimes.co.uk/article/new-br…

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It will have a mil-spec secure comms suite, of a standard that the vessel can be designated as military, avoiding the thorny issue of guns etc.

But let us now transfer this to Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships. The following from a 2018 Industry Briefing day:

OK, so some things might have changed since 2018, but as can be seen from the following pic (sorry for low res), FSS is meant to have comms with all these other assets, one assumes in a secure manner, which would suggest that a mil spec still needed:

But a September Written Answer still suggests that elements (unknown quantities, overall) of FSS could be built overseas, as the RN/MoD still insists that FSS is not a warlike/military platform:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

Sooo... why is FSS, which is a far more warlike platform (it has CIWS, decoy launchers, armouring, a military radar, and will carry warlike helicopters) still NOT deemed warlike, with elements - major blocks? - built overseas, but the RY is, with a far more commercial standard?

Asking for a friend...