GAO Report on U.S. Nuclear Triad
The following is the May 6, 2021 Government Accountability Office report, Nuclear Triad: DoD and DoE Face Challenges Mitigating Risks…
U.K. Ballistic Missile Sub Crew Suffers COVID-19 Outbreak After Visit to U.S. Sub Base
More than 30 members of the crew of the U.K. Royal Navy ballistic-missile submarine HMS Vigilant (S30) have tested positive…
Navy Developing Prompt Global Strike Weapon that Could Launch from Sub or Surface Ship
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy has stood up a program office within its Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) to address the…
Navy Conducts Flight Test to Support Conventional Prompt Strike From Ohio-Class SSGNs
This post has been updated to note that SSGN submarines, not SSBNs, would likely take on the conventional prompt global…
NCIS: U.S. Sailors, Personnel Not Involved in Florida U.K. Royal Navy Incidents
Neither U.S. sailors nor civilian personnel were involved in so-called “drug-fueled” parties with members of the crew of the U.K.…
Royal Navy Trident Missile ‘Malfunction’ Prompts Claims of U.K. Government Cover-Up
LONDON — The unshakeable reliability of Britain’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent has been called into question after a Trident II D5…
U.K. Revives Dreadnought Name for Successor SSBNs
LONDON — The first of the Royal Navy’s future ballistic nuclear missile submarines will be known as HMS Dreadnought, the…
Report: U.K. MoD Set to Release $1.32B for First Successor Ballistic Missile Sub
The U.K. Ministry of Defense is set to give manufacturers of the Royal Navy’s next nuclear submarine class $1.32 billion…
Benedict: UK Exit From European Union Won’t Hinder Nuclear Sub Collaboration
The admiral responsible for the nuclear weapons component of ballistic missile submarines today praised the “truly unique” relationship with the…
U.K. Election Result Boosts Royal Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
Right up to the moment the polling stations closed at 10 p.m. last Thursday in the U.K., the political pundits…