Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 March 2005. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Thursday, 10 March 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of Defence
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear warheads are deployed on Trident submarines.
- Answer
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Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many nuclear warheads are deployed on Trident submarines. [221432] Mr. Hoon: As announced in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (paragraph 67), we have only one Trident submarine on deterrent patrol at a time, carrying 48 warheads.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 431 c1998W;431 c1990W; 221432
- Session
- 2004-05
- Subjects
- Deployment Nuclear weapons Trident submarines Trident missiles
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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