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Fortune
Ryan Hogg

Welcome to Barrow: The nuclear submarine-making U.K. town seeking resurrection from a military spending boom

(Credit: OLI SCARFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Welcome to Barrow-in-Furness: the forgotten town behind the U.K.’s nuclear defense seeking resurrection.

At any given moment, a Vanguard-class submarine is somewhere in the world’s oceans, carrying up to 40 nuclear warheads, its commanders and some 130 crew prepared for an apocalyptic call from the U.K.’s prime minister to strike its target.

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