Dreadnought programme

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The Dreadnought programme is the United Kingdom’s initiative to design, build, and deploy a new generation of nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines to replace the Royal Navy’s current Vanguard-class deterrent fleet.

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instanceOf defence procurement programme
submarine construction programme
armamentCategory nuclear-armed ballistic missiles
baseOfOperations Faslane
constructionSite Barrow-in-Furness shipyard
country United Kingdom
designAuthority BAE Systems Submarines
deterrentType sea-based nuclear deterrent
firstBoatName HMS Dreadnought
fleetRole ballistic missile submarine force
fourthBoatName HMS King George VI NERFINISHED
governingBody United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
homePort HMNB Clyde
industrialPartner BAE Systems
Babcock International
Rolls-Royce plc
surface form: Rolls-Royce Holdings
mainShipbuilder BAE Systems Submarines
militaryBranch Royal Navy Submarine Service
missileType submarine-launched ballistic missile
namedAfter HMS Dreadnought
surface form: HMS Dreadnought (1906)
nuclearWeaponRole strategic nuclear deterrent
numberOfBoatsPlanned 4
operator Royal Navy
parliamentaryApproval House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
platformType ballistic missile submarine
policyContext UK nuclear deterrent
primaryWeaponSystem Trident II D5 missile
programmeType major capital equipment programme
propulsionType nuclear-powered
purpose continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent
replacement of Vanguard-class submarines
reactorSupplier Rolls-Royce plc
surface form: Rolls-Royce
reactorType nuclear reactor
replaces Trident-equipped Vanguard-class submarines
secondBoatName HMS Valiant NERFINISHED
securityDomain nuclear weapons
serviceBranch Royal Navy
status under construction
strategicConcept Continuous At-Sea Deterrent
strategicImportance core element of UK defence policy
submarineClass Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarine ONDG
successorSystemTo Trident successor programme
surface form: UK Trident programme on Vanguard-class
successorTo Vanguard-class submarine
technologySharingContext Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes
surface form: UK–US nuclear cooperation
thirdBoatName HMS Warspite NERFINISHED
weaponSystem Trident nuclear missile system NERFINISHED

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Dreadnought-class submarine programmeName Dreadnought programme