In talks with MoD sources last year, raising the issue of whether Washington would release Trident nuclear missiles (the warheads are UK sovereign) to Britain was met with derision. However ...

The UK must regenerate a sub-strategic nuclear deterrent, according to a new paper from the Council on Geostrategy. The ...

Donald Trump has transformed the nuclear debate (Image: PA) The Trident issue has destabilised the SNP somewhat lately. Former Westminster leader Ian Blackford suggested the party should abandon its ...

The Trident system therefore relies on the US for support and maintenance. Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines. Alamy/PA/Danny Lawson The UK ...

One British nuclear submarine, armed with Trident missiles ... each carrying 12 independently targetable warheads. Although UK policy limits the total number of warheads aboard to 48, the ...

France has some 290 nuclear warheads, the UK 225 of the US-designed Trident missiles. Recent weeks saw a flurry of comments from European leaders looking to bolster their common defense under a ...

However, Trident is closely linked to the US’s nuclear programme ... The UK also purchases the aeroshells required for producing nuclear warheads from the US. The US-UK mutual defence agreement which ...

The Dreadnought will carry 12 Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles armed with up to 144 nuclear warheads, four Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes, and a bunch of other weapons the ...

The Kremlin's chilling maritime missions above and below the sea are become murkier as the spillover from war in Ukraine continues to feed Russia's hunger for spying missions against the UK ...