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Written question asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 30 October 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 November 1998. It was answered by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 1998 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if all UK Trident missiles are (a) deployed, (b) held as part of a processing margin or (c) to be used in test firings; if the total holding of operational warheads, as revised by the Strategic Defence Review, provides the potential to deploy more than 48 warheads per Trident submarine; and under what circumstances the Government would consider further reducing the number of nuclear warheads deployed on UK Trident submarines.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
319 c70-1W; 58148;58149;58150
Session
1997-98
Subjects
Decommissioning Deployment Nuclear weapons Trident submarines Nuclear submarines Trident missiles