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£79m funding 'will replace nuclear subs'
Work on 'successor' boats to begin in 2015
Tory Defence Secretary Philip Hammond committed the government yesterday to more funding for new Trident nuclear submarines despite growing opposition.
He announced £79 million will be splashed on Britain's "largest and most-advanced boats" in a written annual update on the nuclear weapons programme.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) pointed out that even former Tory defence minister James Arbuthnot has blasted the decision.
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