Trident

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1991.

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Photo of Mr Tom King Mr Tom King The Secretary of State for Defence 12:00, 17 December 1991

The current estimated cost of acquiring the United Kingdom Trident system is £9,863 million. We expect the level of running costs of the Trident force to be well below 2 per cent. of the defence budget, not significantly different from those of Polaris.