Two recent missile tests have flopped badly and ... It is clear that, 31 years since I saw that successful launch, Britain's Trident fleet is in a severe crisis. This is well-illustrated by ...

In a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully ...

Sir Keir will travel to Barrow today to launch construction work on the ... which would be responsible for firing the UK's Trident nuclear missiles if he was ever required to give the order.

From the F/A-XX fighter jet and the Constellation-class frigates to the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the ...

In day-to-day operations, the UK’s Trident programme is completely independent from the US. The British Prime Minister can launch the missiles without any external input. Trident is closely linked to ...

Fears of an accidental nuclear weapons launch have re-emerged after the test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine failed for the second time in a row. The failure came days ...

The missile firings, for example, were about testing the launch process – there was too much focus on the missiles failing. Yes they are old, but they are still very capable.” ‘Trident ...

But activists filled the void in the heart of Westminster to launch Rethink Trident — a new push to reverse plans to retool the nuclear weapons arsenal and instead put Britain at the heart of global ...

Sir Keir will travel to Barrow today to launch construction work on the ... which would be responsible for firing the UK's Trident nuclear missiles if he was ever required to give the order.

Britain has operational control over its Trident nuclear arsenal. But the missiles, loaded on to four nuclear submarines, are U.S. manufactured, and jointly-maintained by the U.K. and U.S. They are ...