Report says submarines were deployed for five months as former commander warns of risk to sailors
Britain’s Trident nuclear armed submarines have recently been deployed at sea for record breaking periods of five months each, leading one former navy commander to warn that the longer patrols could affect operational safety.
Investigative journalism site the Ferret reported on Tuesday that two Trident bearing Vanguard class submarines each went out on patrol for 157 days during this year, based on monitoring data from campaign group Nukewatch.
