theresa may says she has ‘absolute faith‘ in the uk s trident nuclear deterrent system, despite claims an unarmed missile veered off course during a test last summer. on the andrew marr programme today, the prime minister declined to say whether she knew of the incident, before a crucial vote on the future of trident, in parliament lastjuly. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a routine on armed test launch from hms vengeance. but it now appears something went wrong. hms cowan vengeance was something went wrong. hms cowan vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. it was going to fire the missile around 500 miles across the atlantic but a malfunction occurred during its flight. malfunction occurred during its flight. yet just weeks malfunction occurred during its flight. yetjust weeks later, theresa may was asking mps to vote on spending £4
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