Article Summary: The Vanguard-class submarines, in service with the UK's Royal Navy since the early 1990s, provide Britain’s primary nuclear deterrent. -These nuclear-powered ballistic missile ...

Summary and Key Points: The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class nuclear submarines, Britain's silent guardians at sea, recently tested the advanced Spearfish Mod 1 heavyweight torpedo. -The upgraded ...

Britain's nuclear subs ‘will be detectable within years’ by hostile states, a US general has warned - as it emerges the UK is updating its Cold War plans in preparation for attack ...

Troop numbers are down, morale is weak and some equipment is in a poor state - will the government's Strategic Defence Review ...

The Royal Navy plans to replace the tugs that guide Britain’s £1bn nuclear submarines through narrow Scottish lochs as part ...

Experts have raised serious concerns the sensors could be sophisticated enough to track the UK’s Vanguard-class submarines even when they are operating in stealth mode. The revelation has ...

They suggest the UK should look at diversifying its nuclear strike capabilities, with the Royal Navy’s ageing Vanguard-class submarines currently the only way Britain can carry out such attacks ...

Most advanced' missile Trident missiles are a core part of the UK's nuclear deterrent system, which also includes four Vanguard-class submarines carrying nuclear warheads. Some 16 Trident II D5 ...