The decision to axe Britain’s fleet of maritime patrol aircraft has raised fears that the country’s nuclear capability is at risk as the Russian navy steps up efforts to track the submarines that carry Trident missiles.
“The loss of Nimrod has created a potentially lethal gap in our defensive armoury. Even defence ministers admit that,” said Julian Lewis, a Conservative member of the UK parliament’s defence committee.
The government scrapped a new fleet of Nimrod submarine hunters, which cost almost ￡4bn to develop, just before they were due to enter service as part
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