Sentences with phrase «nuclear submarine fleet»
Russia is upgrading its nuclear program, India plans to expand its nuclear submarine fleet, and Pakistan has reportedly started operating a third plutonium reactor, Squassoni said.
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While Russia has a number of nuclear submarines still in active service, like the Oscar, Delta III, and the famous Typhoon class - submarines, the Borei II - class submarines are expected to be the backbone of Russia's SSBN fleet.
The US» Ohio - class submarine fleet entered service a few years before Britain's current Trident submarines - but they have a 40 - year lifetime, compared to the 30 - year lifetime of Britain's nuclear submarines.
The Conservatives, on the other hand, reiterated in their manifesto their support for a submarine based nuclear deterrent and have subsequently made it clear that they are committed to replacing the fleet come what may, recently citing the escalating situation in far away North Korea as a legitimate argument for renewal.
The Ministry of Defence could scale back Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines as it seeks to make savings after what will be «the absolute mother of horrors of a spending review», Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.
The Defence Secretary will announce the ordering of nuclear reactors for a new class of submarines to replace the current Vanguard fleet, which carries Trident at present.
The capital cost of replacing the existing Trident fleet with four new nuclear ballistic missile submarines is officially estimated at # 20bn.
Western countries have paid millions to help Russia dismantle its aging fleet of nuclear submarines in the area and safely store the nuclear material aboard them, but Mr. Kalenchenko said far less attention had been paid to the environmental risks of expanding oil shipments in the same area, most in single - hull tankers.
Northern Norway is the most densely populated area but Russia, which accounts for half of the Arctic coastline and has a fleet of nuclear submarines based at Murmansk, is the country keenest to extend its influence.