Press reports ahead of UK’s Strategic Defence Review say plans for the RAF could include the procurement of F-35A Lightning II fighters with a mention of delivering nuclear payloads.

Since the withdrawal of the last WE.177 nuclear bomb in 1998, the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent has been provided exclusively by submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). These free-fall bombs, dating from the 1960s, were retired without direct replacement by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR). Contents Press reports ahead of UK’s Strategic Defence Review say plans for the RAF could include the procurement of F-35A Lightning II fighters with a mention of delivering nuclear payloads. Logistics of Returning to Nuclear Strike Future of UK Lightning Force Shifting Priorities

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