Defense chief tells lawmakers the U.K.'s Trident nuclear missiles are 'dependable, and formidable' after a reported failed test launch off Florida.
London — Britain's Defense Secretary Grant Shapps sought to reassure U.K. lawmakers Wednesday that the country's nuclear deterrent weapons program was functional and ready to be called upon if needed after a second consecutive missile test reportedly failed. A nuclear-capable Trident II missile test launched in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida on Jan. 30 reportedly splashed back down shortly after launching, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.
' Shapps, however, called the Trident system 'effective, dependable, and formidable.' North Korea's Kim hurls nuclear threats as U.S. enters an election year'The test reaffirmed the effectiveness of the U.K.'s nuclear deterrent, in which the government has absolute confidence,' Shapps said in a written statement delivered to lawmakers in the British Parliament on Wednesday.
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