JUST IN – UK to test fire nuclear missile from submarine in the Atlantic — The Telegraph
JUST IN – UK to test fire nuclear missile from submarine in the Atlantic — The Telegraph
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 1, 2024
🚨☢️🇬🇧 Britain is primed to test a Trident nuclear missile for the first time since 2016 amid growing fears of nuclear war with Russia.
Officials are said to have issued a warning to shipping in the region of the test as nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard sailed into the Atlantic… pic.twitter.com/wRfjTDYRT4
— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) February 2, 2024
Britain will test fire a nuclear missile for the first time in eight years.
A warning was issued to shipping that a test would be carried out as HMS Vanguard, a 16,000-tonne Trident submarine, arrived in the Atlantic.
The test, which will involve a dummy warhead, will be carried out by Feb 4 around 90km off Florida’s east coast, with a range of 5,900km.
The last time the UK fired a nuclear weapon was in 2016, when a Trident II D5 missile veered off course while being tested off the coast of Florida.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/01/test-fire-nuclear-missile-hms-vanguard-florida-dummy/