UK has 'confidence' in nuclear missile system despite testing failures
Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, west of Glasgow, Scotland.
The UK government said Wednesday that it had "absolute confidence" in its Trident nuclear deterrent system despite a missile test failure.Defence minister Grant Shapps admitted to parliament that "an anomaly did occur" during an exercise on January 30, following reports that a missile fired from the submarine HMS Vanguard fell into the sea.Shapps said in...