UK to buy 12 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
Britain's decision to purchase the US-made F-35A jets will boost its nuclear deterrent, which currently wholly relies on four nuclear-armed submarines.
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00:00The UK government has announced it will buy 12 F-35 fighter jets that can carry nuclear weapons.
00:09The government has called the purchase the biggest strengthening of the country's nuclear deterrent for a generation.
00:16Prime Minister Keir Starmer added that peace can no longer be taken for granted in an era of quote radical uncertainty.
00:23The decision was announced to coincide with the NATO summit in the Netherlands, when NATO Secretary General welcomed the announcement as another robust British contribution to NATO.
00:36The UK currently relies on four nuclear-armed submarines for its nuclear deterrent.
00:43But it's unclear when the jets will be purchased.
