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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Britain faces risk of delay to nuclear submarines

Britain risks delays in deploying a nuclear deterrent unless it keeps tight control of developing and budgeting for a new fleet of nuclear submarines, a watchdog said on Wednesday.

Parliament gave the go-ahead in 2007 to government plans to replace the Trident submarine-based nuclear weapons system, which is nearing the end of its life.

The project was estimated to cost between 15 billion and 20 billion pounds at 2006/2007 prices.

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