Replacement Trident nuclear programme gets £1 billion boost

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Andrew Elwell
Andrew Elwell
06/18/2012

Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence, has said that a £1 billion deal has been struck to develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will replace Britain’s current Vanguard class submarines, which carry the Trident nuclear missiles. The Trident programme is one of the most hotly debated of any political policy and this announcement, due later this week, is sure to put pressures on the UK’s coalition government as the Liberal Democrats fiercely oppose a direc...
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