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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

UK says nuclear subs white paper due by year-end

A Trident Submarine leaving Fas LaneBritain's head of military procurement said on Tuesday the ministry would issue a white paper by the end of the year detailing the government's thoughts on whether it should replace its nuclear armed submarines with new ones.

"If we want to replace that deterrent at the end of its life, we have to take decisions now," Minister for Defence Procurement Lord Drayson told a hearing of the House of Commons' Defence Committee.

Drayson said the ministry's priorities would be topped by the country's defence needs, but that its wide ranging review would also assess the importance of maintaining industry skills and technologies.

The Royal Navy would likely need new nuclear armed submarines, if the ministry decides on that form of deterrent, beginning about 2024.

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