North Korea recently showed the first images of its nuclear powered submarine. The boat, which had been rumoured for some ...

The Vanguard-class submarines, in service with the UK’s Royal Navy since the early 1990s, provide Britain’s primary nuclear ...

It forms the backbone of the United Kingdom’s sea-borne nuclear deterrent capability and offers decision-makers in the U.K. a ...

Mr Ramsey said: “We’re in exactly the same position as when I first joined the Navy and we had the Polaris submarines doing similar, but they were nowhere near as long patrols, because the ...

The United States and four partner nations have concluded two weeks of intensive anti-submarine training near Guam, the U.S. 7th Fleet announced Wednesday. The Sea Dragon exercise, held annually ...

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This led to Britain adopting the US’ submarine-based Polaris system. Polaris was upgraded to Trident in the 1980s. The UK has committed to upgrading its own warheads which, at the moment ...

Of the U.S.’s nine deployed Polaris submarines, the Ethan Allen and five others were on patrol last week. That two-thirds ratio is standard—although during the height of the Cuba crisis ...

Although unthinkable just a few weeks ago, a debate is now taking shape on the possibility of calling into question the ...

The idea was that 25 ships would each carry eight Polaris missiles ... Since the 1990s all its nukes have been on submarines whose whereabouts remain secret. Subs can be used for signalling ...