{"id":15854,"date":"2024-02-21T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/uk-nuclear-missile-test-fails-for-second-time-in-eight-years\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:48:40","slug":"uk-nuclear-missile-test-fails-for-second-time-in-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/uk-nuclear-missile-test-fails-for-second-time-in-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"UK nuclear missile test fails for second time in eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country\u2019s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned during trials. <\/p>\n

An \u201canomaly occurred\u201d during the test on board the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard, a UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson said Wednesday in a statement, adding, \u201cWe are confident that the anomaly was event specific, and therefore there are no implications for the reliability of the wider Trident missile systems and stockpile.\u201d <\/p>\n

The latest incident, first reported by The Sun newspaper, occurred during an exercise in late January near Florida. <\/p>\n

The fault was specific to the test kit and that the launch would have likely been successful if it had occurred out on a patrol, using a real nuclear warhead, according to the source. <\/p>\n

The Ministry of Defense confirmed that UK Minister of Defense Grant Shapps was on board the HMS Vanguard at the time of the test anomaly. The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key was also on board. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK\u2019s nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure and effective,\u201d The Ministry of Defense spokesperson added. <\/p>\n

\u201cHMS Vanguard and her crew have been proven fully capable of operating the UK\u2019s Continuous At-Sea Deterrent, passing all tests during a recent demonstration and shakedown operation (DASO) \u2013 a routine test to confirm that the submarine can return to service following deep maintenance work,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThe test has reaffirmed the effectiveness of the UK\u2019s nuclear deterrent, in which we have absolute confidence.\u201d <\/p>\n

Shapps is expected to present a written ministerial statement on Britain\u2019s nuclear deterrent to Parliament on Wednesday, according to the House of Commons order paper. <\/p>\n

The opposition Labour Party called the reports of the Trident test failure \u201cconcerning.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Defence Secretary will want to reassure Parliament that this test has no impact on the effectiveness of the UK\u2019s deterrent operations,\u201d Labour\u2019s shadow Defense Secretary John Healey said. <\/p>\n

The UK has four nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, each of which is armed with American-built Trident 2 D5 missiles, according to the Royal Navy. The missiles can be fired at targets up to 4,000 miles away. <\/p>\n

The annual cost of the UK\u2019s Trident II D5 missile inventory, which it shares with the United States at a facility in Georgia, was about $15.1 million [\u00a312 million] as of 2015, according to a House of Commons research briefing. <\/p>\n\n

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A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country\u2019s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned during trials. An \u201canomaly occurred\u201d during the test on board the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard, a UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson said Wednesday in <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}