Trident Missiles
(asked on 17th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the increase in nuclear warheads announced in the Integrated Review on 16 March 2021, (a) how many extra Trident Missiles will be required, (b) at what cost and (c) by which date.
This question was answered on 24th March 2021
The UK has sufficient Trident II D5 missiles for its needs. The recent announcement in the Integrated Review to limit our overall nuclear weapon stockpile to no more than 260 warheads does not change this.