A ROYAL Navy nuclear-armed ­submarine has returned from a 204-day patrol — amid fears the epic deployments are now the “new ...

A test of Britain's nuclear deterrent system ended in failure for the second time. The incident involved a $70 million Trident missile that both the US and UK have in their arsenal. Their high price ...

A Trident nuclear missile has failed its second test launch, crash-landing close to the submarine that had deployed it. Having taken place off the coast of Florida at the end of January, the unarmed ...

Only two navies - the US and the UK, have the UGM-133 Trident II D5 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile in their arsenal. While US Navy's Ohio-class submarines carry the Trident, UK Royal Navy's ...

The launches marked the 197th consecutive successful test flight of the Trident II system. One evening firing lit up the ...

A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned during trials ...

UK cooperation with the United States on nuclear weapons has reached "new heights", with the new warhead for the Trident missile, BBC Newsnight has learned. The cooperation extends not just to the ...

It's a big decision which will have an impact on the future of the UK. The new Prime Minister Theresa May has said it would be a "gross irresponsibility" for the UK to abandon its nuclear weapons. The ...