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A £9bn deal for nuclear submarine reactors has been agreed between the Ministry of Defence and Rolls-Royce - the biggest ever between the two. Defence Secretary John Healey announced the ...
Ministers have announced a new multi-billion pound deal for nuclear submarines they say will create 1,000 jobs and support 4,000 more, as Rachel Reeves scrambles to boost economic growth.. The ...
A December 2006 Ministry of Defence white paper, entitled "The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent", recommended that the nuclear weapons should be maintained and outlined measures that would do so until the 2040s. It advocated the currently preferred submarine-based system, as it remained the cheapest and most secure deterrence ...
Sailors have returned from a tour of duty forming part of the longest sustained military operation undertaken by the UK. Vanguard submarine patrol welcomed home by Deputy PM Skip to main content
In March 2007, the UK Parliament voted to renew the country's Trident nuclear submarine system at a cost of £20bn. [14] In July 2008, The Guardian claimed that the decision had already been made to replace and upgrade Britain's nuclear warhead stockpile at a cost of £3bn, extending the life of the warheads until 2055.
UK House of Commons, Select Committee on Defence The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the Manufacturing and Skills Base: Fourth Report of Session 2006–07, House of Commons Papers, HC 59 [2005-2007] Ministry of Defence: The United Kingdom's Future Nuclear Deterrent Capability (Report). National Audit Office. 5 November 2008.
Britain is on the precipice of a “third nuclear age” in which it must face down multiple threats, the head of the armed forces has warned. In an annual address at the Royal United Services ...
HMS Victorious is the second Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy. [1] Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile, [2] the UK's nuclear deterrent.. Victorious was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, later BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, was launched in September 1993, and commissioned in January 1995.