Iain Stewart – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Iain Stewart on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the security benefits of procuring four Successor submarines.

Michael Fallon

The United Kingdom’s continuous at sea nuclear deterrent will remain essential to our security today, and for as long as the global security situation demands.

A four-boat fleet is the minimum needed to provide the assurance that at least one submarine will always be at sea on covert patrol.