UK to postpone decision on fourth Trident submarine

摘要

The UK will not make a decision on whether to procure a fourth next-generation Trident ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) until 2014/2015, UK defence secretary Liam Fox told a meeting of the Chatham House policy think-tank in London on 13 July, writes Doug Richardson.rnA strategic defence review of the shape and size of the UK's armed forces is currently under way, including the plan to replace the current fleet of four Trident-armed Vanguard-class SSBNs, whose service life will expire from 2020.