We hear about the United States' nuclear missiles and the damage they can cause. However, where are these weapons built and ...

The B61-13 variable yield gravity bomb is now going into full production seven months ahead of schedule, Sandia National ...

The Royal Navy is struggling to hire and hold on to sailors manning the Trident nuclear deterrent, resulting in shortages of engineers and other critical roles. Sailors are quitting amid a raft of ...

Even the American-made Trident II D5 ballistic missiles which carry nuclear warheads aren’t owned under the terms of the 1958 British-US mutual defence agreement and 1963 Polaris sales agreement.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK’s Trident nuclear deterrence programme consists of four Vanguard nuclear-powered and armed submarines. The UK has some autonomy, as it is operationally independent and controls the ...

“Current conflicts are being fought with conventional forces, not nuclear weapons. And after radiation leaks, failed missile testing, and the exorbitant cost of hosting Trident on the ...