Report details US-UK ties in Dreadnought submarine program

US technology runs deep in Dreadnought programme

The Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines share a missile compartment design, a propulsion technology exchange and a missile with the American Columbia class now taking shape at Groton, a set of dependencies laid out in a Congressional Research Service assessment of the US programme. Both programmes are past the point of no return. All four British boats, Dreadnought, Valiant, Warspite and King George VI, are under construc…

Report details US-UK ties in Dreadnought submarine program

The Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class submarines share a missile compartment design, a nuclear propulsion technology exchange, and the same missile as the U.S. Navy’s Columbia class, according to a Congressional Research Service assessment cited by the UK Defence Journal. Both submarine programs are now past the point of no return. All four British boats, HMS Dreadnought, […]