In what is becoming the new normal, an RN submarine returned to Faslane today after another lengthy patrol lasting more than six months, maintaining the nation’s nuclear deterrent. This submarine left Faslane in March and has almost matched the record for the longest RN patrol, an extraordinary amount of time for the crew to spend […] The post Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine comes home after 203-day patrol first appeared on Navy Lookout.| Navy Lookout
HMS Vanguard, one of the four Trident submarines that maintain the UK's nuclear deterrent, left Devonport yesterday after a very much delayed Long Overhaul Period and Refuel (LOP(R)). When Vanguard arrived in December 2015 for her second (LOP(R)) it was expected to take a maximum of 4 years and cost £200 million. Her three younger| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
Yesterday the Nuclear Information Service published their report "Trouble ahead risks and rising Costs in the UK nuclear weapons programme”. This is a brief response to some of the points and recommendations made in the report. Although the Nuclear Information Service has an anti-Trident agenda and cannot be seen as an entirely objective source, the| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
In this article, we refute some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent.| Navy Lookout
