Britain is to buy 12 fighter jets capable of dropping nuclear bombs, Keir Starmer will announce tomorrow.
The F-35A aircraft, which can also deliver conventional weapons, will be a major boost for this country’s nuclear deterrent.
The Prime Minister will make the announcement at the Nato summit in The Hague.
Downing Street said the move was ‘the biggest strengthening of Britain’s nuclear posture in a generation’, and will also see the UK become part of Nato’s airborne nuclear mission.
It came as the Government warned that the nation must ‘actively prepare’ for a ‘wartime scenario’ at home for ‘the first time in many years’.
