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Revealed: cost of keeping warheads on the Clyde

Campaigners attack �huge amounts spent on hidden world of nuclear weapons� By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

Maintaining and developing the Trident nuclear warheads stationed on the Clyde is going to cost the British taxpayer a massive £18.5 billion over 13 years, according to the first official breakdown of defence nuclear spending.