Trident (Hansard, 17 December 1992)

HC Deb 17 December 1992 vol 216 c363W 363W

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many kneel-down transporters are being purchased by his Department for transporting Trident missiles within Royal Navy armaments depot, Coulport.

§ Mr. Aitken
Three.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when preliminary design work on the warhead for the Trident missile first started at Aldermaston.

§ Mr. Aitken
In 1980.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Trident warhead was declared one-point safe.

§ Mr. Aitken
The Secretary of State was advised on 13 March 1992 that the United Kingdom Trident warhead was one-point safe. Results of experiments which became available after that date have reinforced the same conclusion.