Britain denies ‘report’:
Britain’s defence secretary on Tuesday denied that the overall cost of replacing and maintaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent would reach 167 billion pounds ($252 billion), saying it would be less.
In October, Reuters reported the cost would reach 167 billion pounds over its three decade long lifespan, much more than expected for the Trident nuclear deterrent, according to a lawmaker’s and Reuters’ calculations based on official figures.
“No, it is absolutely inaccurate. That is not right,” Michael Fallon told Reuters in Nacka, just outside Stockholm, where he was meeting defence ministers and officials from the Nordic and Baltic countries, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany. (RTRS)