Twin ceremonies at the BAE Systems submarine yard in Barrow-in-Furness saw the Royal Navy commission the sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), HMS Agamemnon, into service and the ...

Key Points and Summary - The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that its nuclear modernization is on track, with full funding for the next-generation nuclear warhead, Project Astraea (A21/Mk7).

Britain will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered submarines, Sir Keir Starmer will announce as he unveils his much-anticipated defence review. In a bid to “ensure the UK rises to the challenge” of ...

Britain has laid the keel for the Royal Navy's largest-ever submarine. At BAE Systems's Barrow-in-Furness facility, the ceremony marked the "birth" of the nuclear-powered and armed HMS Dreadnought, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The new Dreadnought-class of submarines for the Royal Navy could not come at a more perfect moment. The old Vanguard-class will remain in service for... Here’s What ...

With regard to weapons, the HMS Dreadnought and its sister ships are expected to be armed with four 533 mm heavy torpedo tubes and 12 ballistic missile launch tubes for the Lockheed Trident II D5 ...