Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 88285

Nuclear Weapons: Procurement

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75028 on France: Military Alliances, what his Department's policy on the procurement of (a) low-yield and (b) air-launched nuclear weapons to use on the bat

Answer

Luke Pollard

As set out in the Strategic Defence Review. The UK will continue to rely on continuous at-sea deterrence delivered by our four Vanguard Class submarines, equipped with Trident II D5 missiles, armed with UK sovereign nuclear warheads. The UK’s replacement ...

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