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The Dreadnought Class submarines are the largest, most complex and capable submarines ever built in the UK. ⚓ They will start to replace the current Vanguard Class from the early 2030s and keep the UK safe with our continuous at sea nuclear deterrent – 365 days a year.

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xxxxxxx xxxxxxx1 year ago

We need our deterrent now more than ever, if anything we should build more of them.

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Maroonmafia67@Dougiemcfc🇺🇦🇬🇧1 year ago

We could do with getting rid. I'm sure producing a missile with warhead is cheaper and non reliant on other nations.

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🇵🇱Ralfie Czech🇵🇱1 year ago

You forgot to mention how much iron takes to built one and its carbon footprint.

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Rarely Tolerable.1 year ago

Zelensky says he needs nuclear weapons or Nato membership to keep Russia from attacking the west. Would you support giving nuclear weapons back to Ukraine?

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K1W1 fella1 year ago

Royal navy have always had the best names. Dreadnought, vanguard, Ajax , victory, repulse....

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Wolfy94351 year ago

🤔 We also need to have a fully independent nuclear missile by the time they come into operation

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Crusoe1 year ago

@LordWalney And as an aside: Train and give a trade to 00's of school leavers (and others), valuable transferable skills used not just building subs.

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Priesy1 year ago

Meanwhile down in Dover 🙄

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Gareth Hynes1 year ago

Goodness this was surprisingly dull. Who cares how many cables it has or whether it has a gym. We want to know about its offensive and defensive capabilities. It weapons, its stealth tech, all that

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Amnesic 🕊️1 year ago

Can the Vanguard class last 10 more years?

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Steve Bishop1 year ago

And should only be used to defend the UK not the EU

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