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

the Trident missiles are not even owned by Britain, but are instead leased by the British military from the Americans. The nuclear warheads themselves are built by Britain, though, giving a slight ...

In talks with MoD sources last year, raising the issue of whether Washington would release Trident nuclear missiles (the warheads are UK sovereign) to Britain was met with derision. However ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sir Keir said he had been moved by his visit to the Vanguard class submarine which would be responsible for firing the UK's Trident nuclear missiles if he was ever required to give the order.

“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 ...

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 ...