Now that Washington is potentially an unreliable ally, the UK needs to revisit its nuclear strategy. But going alone is ...

Britain's nuclear weapons are " operationally independent" and immune to political shifts in the US, senior Royal Navy sources confirm. But experts say it might be time to collaborate with France.

EXCLUSIVE: A former senior Navy officer believes the recent huge deployments could have a negative impact on recruitment and ...

These nuclear submarines are armed with ballistic missiles ... These were basically a SSN design that was enlarged to add the missile compartment for 16 Polaris missiles. The first of these entered ...

The idea was that 25 ships would each carry eight Polaris missiles ... s use of a tactical nuclear weapon—“could compromise the location of the sole deployed submarine”.

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Bettis nuclear reactors powered 11 aircraft carriers and 110 submarines, including 42 carrying Polaris missiles, and became the “leading center for reactor research and development and had a ...

"Only the Prime Minister can authorise the firing of our nuclear weapons, even if they are to be employed as part of a NATO ...