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The Royal Navy's New Nuclear Dreadnought-Class Missile Submarines Summed Up In 4 Words
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The Royal Navy is moving from its Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines to the new Dreadnought-class SSBNs, a four-boat program built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, England. The class is intended as a one-for-one replacement for the Vanguard submarines commissioned between 1993 and 1996, originally planned for 25 years. First publicly designated in 2016, the boats now include HMS Dreadnought, laid down in March 2025 after steel cutting in October 2016; HMS Valiant (steel cut September 2019); HMS Warspite (steel cut February 2023); and HMS King George VI (steel cut September 2025). Launch and commissioning dates are still TBD.
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