The UK retains “absolute confidence” in its nuclear deterrent despite the second failed test of a dummy missile in eight years, defence secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.
The statement to MPs came after the government was forced to confirm a media report that an unarmed Trident II ballistic missile fired by one of its submarines on January 30 crashed into the sea shortly after launch.
The British military rarely comments on its nuclear deterrent and gave little detail about the incident, with Shapps blaming “an anomaly”.
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