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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Navy set to lift ban on women in submarines

Vanguard classWomen may be allowed to serve on submarines for the first time in the Royal Navy’s history under plans being drawn up by defence chiefs.

The change would follow more than a decade of pressure from senior Labour figures for full equal opportunities for women in the armed forces.

A review of the ban on women on submarines was ordered last year, to run alongside a separate review into whether women should be permitted to serve as frontline infantry.

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