U.K. speeds schedule for replacing nuclear bombs with Trident missiles
The U.K. has moved up its schedule for replacing nuclear bombs carried by Tornado aircraft with submarine-launched Trident missiles. The plan was for Trident warheads to take the place of the WE 177 free-fall bombs beginning around 2007, but the move is now slated for 1998, Parliament has been told...
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