What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines have been the cornerstone of the UK’s nuclear deterrent since the early 1990s. Comprising four vessels—HMS Vanguard, ...

Summary and Key Points: The UK’s Vanguard-class submarines, the largest ever built in the country, are set to be replaced after three decades of service. These 16,000-ton ballistic missile submarines, ...

HMS Vanguard is the lead boat of a four-strong class of Trident-armed SSBNs whose role is to provide the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent. (UK MoD) The test firing of an unarmed Trident II D5 missile ...

The launch was carried out off the east coast of Florida on 30 January but has only just been revealed. Shapps said the government retained ‘absolute confidence’ in the UK’s nuclear deterrent (AP) The ...

London — Britain's Defense Secretary Grant Shapps sought to reassure U.K. lawmakers Wednesday that the country's nuclear deterrent weapons program was functional and ready to be called upon if needed ...

Britain must look at sharing nuclear weapons with Germany to counter the “critical” threat posed by Russia, defence chiefs ...

A nuclear-powered submarine from either the United States or the United Kingdom appears to have test-fired a UGM-133 Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from Puerto Rico in the ...

The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its nuclear modernization is on track, with full funding for the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Rumors of a botched submarine missile test off the Florida coast have British military officials on the defense. The Sun newspaper reported Tuesday that the incident happened on ...

London (CNN) — A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have ...

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The UK Ministry of Defense is progressing with Project Astraea, a next-generation nuclear warhead under the Strategic Defence ...