MoD support growing for Trident alternative

The coalition government has been accused of putting national security at risk with its two opposing positions on Trident renewal.

The Lib Dems are either being “ill-informed” about the need for a replacement fleet of nuclear missile-carrying submarines or are trying to “pull the wool” over people’s eyes, Barrow MP John Woodcock has claimed.

He made the comments as Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg told the party conference in Brighton of his desire for an alternative to Trident nuclear submarines and promised to play “hardball” with David Cameron over the Successor programme.

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