00:01The United Kingdom has announced its plans to invest 9.8 billion euros for the next phase of its dreadnought
00:09class nuclear submarine program.
00:11BAE Systems has been tasked with delivering four submarines as part of Britain's nuclear deterrent.
00:18The defence secretary and I are here today to confirm, after the agreement that was reached around the defence investment
00:27plan, 8.4 billion pounds investment in the new dreadnought class of submarine for our continuous at sea deterrent.
00:38The investment was set to help the first of four submarines, the HMS dreadnought, complete its sea trials and be
00:46ready to enter service with the Royal Navy in the early 2030s, Downing Street said.
00:52Burnham's government said the program would support 47,000 jobs and apprenticeships over the next decade.
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