Britain will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered submarines, Sir Keir Starmer will announce as he unveils his much-anticipated defence review. In a bid to “ensure the UK rises to the challenge” of ...
The United Kingdom always keeps at least one nuclear-armed submarine on patrol at any given time, giving London a perpetual second-strike capability against any adversary.
"The emergency planning would have to involve issues like arrangements to distribute iodine tablets to half the population of Rosyth ..." ...
Keir Starmer acknowledged that Britain faces “rapidly increasing threats” as he opened the door to expanding the nation’s nuclear arsenal – but defence experts are not convinced. With no sign of an ...
Britain has laid the keel for the Royal Navy's largest-ever submarine. At BAE Systems's Barrow-in-Furness facility, the ceremony marked the "birth" of the nuclear-powered and armed HMS Dreadnought, ...