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Deliveries of new Aster Block 1 missiles will begin later this year, and considerable progress has been made over the past twelve months in upgrading the existing stock to the same standard, though the number converted so far is being withheld on security grounds.
The Dreadnought programme has entered a phase that will take the first boat through the completion of her build, sea trials and certification before she enters service in the early 2030s.
The Defence Secretary has called the Scottish National Party's support for unilateral nuclear disarmament a white flag policy and said the party must explain how it would square that with membership of a nuclear alliance.
The government has no current plans to reintroduce national service in any form, and ministers have restated the position held since 1963 that professional volunteer forces are the best way to provide for the defence of the country.
Wes Streeting said that he does not think Putin would be foolish enough to seek a direct war with NATO today, but that he cannot be certain he will not try at some point in the future.
The Royal Navy has released a remembrance film marking 125 years of the Submarine Service, made in memory of the nearly 6,000 submariners and more than 150 submarines that never came home, according to the Royal Navy.
Overseas companies winning British defence contracts worth more than £50 million will be required to put benefits back into the country that could match the full value of the contract.
Two British companies funded by UK Defence Innovation have taken underwater communications and autonomy software to Maritime Big Play, the trilateral exercise held off San Diego last week.
Leonardo will use Shield AI's Hivemind software to develop autonomy for Proteus, the uncrewed rotorcraft it built with the Royal Navy and UK Defence Innovation.
The Army continues to require an armoured mortar capability and is looking at alternative ways of delivering it, including through the Heavy Protected Mobility programme, which remains in its concept phase.
