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The failure of the UK's £17 million Trident missile launch is 'beyond embarrassing' and undermines the nuclear deterrent, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is warned
READ MORE: Grant Shapps insists ministers have 'absolute confidence' in UK's nuclear deterrent after Trident missile sinks with a 'plop' in the Atlantic during failed test launch from Royal Navy ...
Pros And Cons Of The Navy’s Controversial Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile
As President-elect Donald Trump nears his return to the White House, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise ...
Conventionally Armed ICBM Concept Highlighted By Unprecedented Russian Missile Attack On Ukraine
It is now confirmed that the weapon Russia fired in an unprecedented attack on Ukraine yesterday was not an intercontinental ...
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Trident missile test fails for second time in a row
British tests of Trident missiles are rare ... "Of course it is embarrassing when the launch is announced in advance and the defence secretary is on board. It doesn't look good." ...
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What is Trident, how does it work and what does it cost?
The previous test firing from a UK submarine, in 2016, also ended in failure, when the missile veered off course. Who decides whether to use Trident? The decision to launch nuclear weapons can ...
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How likely is an accidental nuclear incident?
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 ...
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A Trident missile test-fired by a UK submarine failed. That's a lot of money down the drain.
The British navy suffered an embarrassing flop after a failed test launch of a Trident nuclear missile was revealed. The Sun newspaper, which first reported the failure, quoted an unnamed source ...