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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 ...
A nnual running costs of the UK’s nuclear deterrent are estimated at 6% of the country’s defense budget, or about $3.79 billion for 2023/2024, according to the House of Commons Library report.
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.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Trident nuclear-deterrent system misfired during a test last month, sending a missile crashing into the ocean off the Florida coast near the submarine that launched it ...
Labour has called for assurances over Britain’s nuclear deterrent after reports that a Trident missile test failed for the second time in a row. Trident: The ins and outs of Britain’s nuclear ...
Faslane Naval Base, home of the Vanguard-class submarines which carry the UK's nuclear arsenal. With the tactical nuclear weapons having been withdrawn from service, Trident was the UK's only remaining nuclear weapons system. [288] By this time, possession of nuclear weapons had become an important part of Britain's national identity.
HMS Vigilant, one of four Vanguard-class submarines comprising the UK's nuclear deterrent. The letters of last resort are four identically worded handwritten letters from the prime minister of the United Kingdom to the commanding officers of the four British ballistic missile submarines and stored on board of each.
The chances of a nuclear attack remain remote, but Vladimir Putin's aggression does at least raise the question: what is the UK's nuclear deterrent?