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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Sam Roberts

UK Government announces £2 billion investment into nuclear submarines

The Faslane site near Helensburgh

THE UK Government has announced £2 billion of investment into a set of new nuclear submarines, which will be based near Glasgow.

The investment is part of the Dreadnought programme which will replace the four submarines that currently provide the UK’s Trident nuclear missile continuous-at-sea deterrent.

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