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    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK warns China poses ‘epoch-defining challenge’ to world order

      Government’s updated integrated review of foreign and defence policy lists Russia as the most immediate challenge

      Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant
    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      News in-depth
      SNP rules out Trident submarine base in event of secession

      Removing nuclear weapons from Faslane and Coulport has been identified as a priority if Scots vote to leave the UK

      Graphic showing submarines and map of UK
    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      MoD could move UK nuclear subs abroad if Scotland breaks away

      Contingency plans for Trident consider US and France if no long-term lease possible on navy facilities such as Faslane

      HMS Vigilant, a ballistic missile submarine, moored alongside HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane
    • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
      UK nuclear warhead increase prompted by Russia’s missile defence capability

      Defence secretary says controversial move needed to keep Britain’s deterrent ‘credible’

      British paratroopers jumping out of a Hercules aircraft over Ukraine. The aircraft is expected to be retired
    • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
      Matthew Harries
      UK’s strategic defence review goes nuclear

      International criticism may prove stronger than domestic disappointment over the pro-nuke shift

    • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
      UK foreign policy
      Johnson accused of going soft on China in UK foreign policy reset

      Tory MPs angry at seeking deeper links with Beijing as Raab admits deals necessary with nations breaching human rights

      HMS Vigilant, one of the UK’s fleet of Vanguard class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines carrying the Trident missile system
    • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
      UK foreign policy
      Defence and security review sets out Global Britain’s balancing act

      Striking announcements on nuclear deterrent, biological and chemical warfare, and even of potential for another pandemic

    • Monday, 15 March, 2021
      UK foreign policy
      UK to expand nuclear stockpile in post-Brexit security review

      Trident, counterterror and the union take centre stage in biggest foreign policy assessment since cold war

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      UK outsourcing
      Serco hit by loss of nuclear submarine contract

      UK outsourcer’s shares drop 12% as MoD plans to renationalise Atomic Weapons Establishment

      One of the Royal Navy’s four Vanguard-class submarines, which carry Britain’s nuclear warheads. The consortium was handed a 25-year contract in 2000 to develop the warheads
    • Friday, 10 January, 2020
      UK defence spending
      Audit office hits out at MoD over nuclear programme cost overruns

      Contractors received millions of pounds in additional fees owing to delays

      Valiant Jetty...Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of HMS Ambush alongside Valiant Jetty at Faslane. The Royal Navy has successfully trialled a new state-of-the-art floating jetty at its submarine base on the Clyde. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 14, 2013. The Valiant Jetty is designed to move with the tide and will be used to berth nuclear subs at Faslane. See PA story SCOTLAND Faslane. Photo credit should read: LA(Phot) Will Haigh/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Thursday, 2 May, 2019
      News in-depth
      Nuclear deterrent still making waves on 50th anniversary

      Cost of new submarines and Scottish opposition raises doubts about Faslane base

      POOL PHOTOGRAPH - JAMES GLOSSOP, THE TIMES EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 FRI 3rd MAY General view of HMS Vigilant, part of the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent. A media tour of the submarine was arranged to mark 50 years of the continuous at sea nuclear deterrent (CASD). HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland. 29-04-19
    • Thursday, 3 January, 2019
      John McTernan
      Labour’s ambiguous Brexit stance is now untenable

      Supporters prize Jeremy Corbyn’s authenticity, but oppose his hostility to the EU

      T-shirts promoting a pro-Corbyn, anti-Brexit stance is seen on sale outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, north west England on September 23, 2018, the official opening day of the annual Labour Party Conference. - Britain's Labour Party kicks off its annual conference on Sunday hoping to prove it is ready to unseat the embattled Conservative government despite its own splits on Brexit and rows over anti-Semitism. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 2 January, 2019
      UK defence spending
      Nuclear submarines threaten to sink UK defence budget

      National Audit Office warns of £15bn funding gap in equipment programme

      Dreadnought Class Submarine: Composite CGI (Computer Generated Image) image, showing what the Successor project submarine may look like once completed.
    • Wednesday, 14 November, 2018
      Babcock International Group PLC
      MoD seeks Babcock assurances over HMS Vanguard overhaul

      Contractor given until end of year to show it can complete nuclear sub refit on time

      Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland...Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol.
    • Monday, 12 November, 2018
      UK defence industry
      Babcock under MoD watch over submarine contract

      Move raises fresh questions over performance of UK’s second-biggest defence supplier

    • Monday, 5 November, 2018
      UK defence spending
      MoD faces £15bn budget shortfall, warns UK spending watchdog

      Funding shortfall will be biggest in the next four years owing to series of costly projects

      Handout photo dated 06/06/18 issued by the Ministry of Defence of an F-35B Lightning fighter jet during its first sortie from RAF Marham in Norfolk. BritainÕs cutting-edge stealth fighter jets are poised to fly at a public event for the first time since touching down on UK soil, as the RAF celebrates its centenary year. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday July 10, 2018. Up to three of the multimillion-pound warplanes could feature in the huge flypast set to roar above the Mall and Buckingham Palace on July 10. See PA story DEFENCE RAF100 F35. Photo credit should read: Sgt Nik Howe/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Monday, 29 October, 2018
      UK Budget
      UK armed forces to receive extra £1bn over next 2 years

      Cash injection aimed at boosting nuclear deterrent and countering cyber threat

      Pictured is a Challenger 2 MBT and Chinook Helicopter on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. Army Reservists from the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and regular soldiers from The Royal Tank Regiment and personnel from the RAF worked together to coordinate the delivery of their new Wolf Scout Land Rovers by air with the vehicles under-slung from the giant Chinook aircraft. For many it will be the first time that they will have worked with the RAF in this way. Like all of the training they do, it is about preparing them to do it for real whilst deployed on operations in support of the Regular Army.
    • Monday, 21 May, 2018
      Nuclear defence programme to cost £51bn over next decade

      National Audit Office predicts total spending and warns of £2.9bn shortfall

      Nuclear submarines ...Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of a still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile, during a test launch in the Atlantic Ocean last week. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 29, 2012. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will today announce an additional £350 million-worth of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear-armed submarines. This investment will sustain 1,200 UK jobs and follows the initial £350 million of design work announced earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. See PA story POLITICS Submarine. Photo credit should read: PO(Phot) Lockheed Martin/ MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Wednesday, 28 March, 2018
      UK lifts defence spending by £600m to fund nuclear deterrent

      Extra money will go towards programme to build four new submarines

      Nuclear submarines ...Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of a still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile, during a test launch in the Atlantic Ocean last week.  PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 29, 2012. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will today announce an additional £350 million-worth of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear-armed submarines. This investment will sustain 1,200 UK jobs and follows the initial £350 million of design work announced earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. See PA story POLITICS Submarine. Photo credit should read: PO(Phot) Lockheed Martin/ MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire 
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2017
      UK considered nuclear defence deal with France in 1960s

      Defence minister saw merit in idea despite US and Germany’s possible ‘adverse reactions’

      25th November 1961: French soldier and President Charles De Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan at the MacMillan home in Sussex. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 26 June, 2017
      Glastonbury founder says Jeremy Corbyn plans to scrap Trident

      Labour leader reportedly said he wants to end nuclear deterrent ‘as soon’ as he can

      Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, and organiser Michael Eavis appear onstage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Saturday, June 24, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
    • Friday, 2 June, 2017
      Television
      Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn heckled over nuclear policy in TV debate

      Theresa May give more positive campaign performance after week on the defensive

      Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn takes part in "The Question Time, Leaders Special" hosted by David Dimbleby and broadcast live from York in northern England on June 2, 2017, ahead of the upcoming general election. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Stefan RousseauSTEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images
    • Monday, 24 April, 2017
      Manifesto muddle as Corbyn casts doubts on Trident

      Labour forced to clarify its commitment to nuclear deterrent

      The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show in London, April 23, 2017. Jeff Overs/BBC handout via REUTERSNO SALESFOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVESNOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSTHIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
    • Monday, 24 April, 2017
      Fallon says Labour in ‘chaos’ over defence policy
    • Sunday, 29 January, 2017
      MoD faces pressure on single-source procurement

      Watchdog seeks disclosure on military deals done without competitive tender

      Defence Secretary visit to Faslane...Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, ahead of a visit by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday January 20, 2016. See PA story DEFENCE Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
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