The prime minister's spokesperson made clear the coalition government is «committed to an at - sea nuclear deterrent». (politics.co.uk)
The day after Labour's non-dom announcement, Fallon launched a deliberately excessive attack on Miliband, suggesting he would betray the country by surrendering the Trident nuclear deterrent in order to reach a deal with the Scottish National party: «Miliband stabbed his own brother in the back to become Labour leader. (theguardian.com)
Later that month the MOD also confirmed that it had awarded contracts worth # 350m to UK companies to design the next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines to replace the Vanguard Class submarines. (politics.co.uk)