The second failed launch in a row – after a misfire in 2016 – happened while Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was on board HMS Vanguard to witness the test. It is the second failed test since ...

Officials issued a warning to shipping as nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard sailed into the Atlantic this week. It is the first time the UK has test fired a missile since a botched launch in 2016.

He told BBC News: "There could be a variety of explanations for something going wrong in what HMS Vanguard was doing in test-launching this missile, and there isn't enough information on what ...

The Sun reported that a dummy Trident 2 missile was propelled into the air by compressed gas in its launch tube, but that its so-called first stage boosters did not ignite. HMS Vanguard was ...

The Labour Party described the launch as "concerning ... A spokeswoman for the MoD said: “HMS Vanguard and her crew have been proven fully capable of operating the UK’s continuous at-sea ...

The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) HMS ... missile launch systems, sonar equipment, computer and communication systems, and machinery, Vanguard's life ...

HMS Vanguard, which cost £4bn, is carrying out the test after a seven year refit in ... The vessel was off the cost of Port Canavarel on Tuesday. It is expected to make the launch about 90km off the ...

The £4 billion HMS Vanguard, which recently underwent a £500 million upgrade that took three years longer than planned, will carry out the launch for its final test to re-enter service as part ...

The idea for the HMS Vanguard came in response to a strategic assessment that by the early 1940s, the Royal Navy would be outnumbered in battleships by the German Kriegsmarine and Japanese ...

A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a site off the coast ... during the test on board the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard, a UK Ministry of Defense spokesperson said Wednesday ...