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Monday, October 29, 2012

MoD promises £350m for Trident replacement design work

Vanguard-class |The UK government has promised a further £350m for design work on a possible replacement for Britain's Trident nuclear-armed submarines.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, who is to visit the Faslane navy base on the Clyde, said the move would create 1,200 jobs.

He is also expected to ask the Scottish government how its opposition to nuclear weapons would affect jobs.

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